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what was someone thinking

what was someone thinking phrase: used to express disappointment about someone's uncharacteristic or abnormal past actions.

Phrase

what was someone thinking?

  1. (idiomatic) Used to express disappointment about someone's uncharacteristic or abnormal past actions.
    • What were you thinking when you left the oven on yesterday?

Questions about what was someone thinking

What does what was someone thinking mean?
What was someone thinking means used to express disappointment about someone's uncharacteristic or abnormal past actions.
What part of speech is what was someone thinking?
What was someone thinking is a phrase.

Words near what was someone thinking in the dictionary

  1. what time do you make it
  2. what time have you got
  3. what time is it
  4. what up
  5. what was someone smoking
  6. what was someone thinking
  7. what was that
  8. what was your first clue
  9. what way the wind is blowing
  10. what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
  11. what with

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