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they'll do it every time

they'll do it every time proverb: one must be vigilant and cognizant of challenging and hazardous surroundings or situations, or the usual events will occur.

Proverb

they'll do it every time

  1. (humorous, often, sarcastic, uncommon) One must be vigilant and cognizant of challenging and hazardous surroundings or situations, or the usual events will occur.
  2. Used to assert the validity of a stereotype regarding the way people behave.
    • That's women for you. If you don't cry they'll talk and if you cry they'll talk. They'll do it ever time, and New York women's no different from Holden.1901, “The Widow's Story”, in San Francisco Daily Times, volume 10, page 18

Questions about they'll do it every time

What does they'll do it every time mean?
They'll do it every time means one must be vigilant and cognizant of challenging and hazardous surroundings or situations, or the usual events will occur.
What part of speech is they'll do it every time?
They'll do it every time is a proverb.

Words near they'll do it every time in the dictionary

  1. they'd
  2. they'd've
  3. they'da
  4. they'l
  5. they'll
  6. they'll do it every time
  7. they'll've
  8. they're
  9. they're only after one thing
  10. they's
  11. they'uns

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