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when opportunity knocks

when opportunity knocks phrase: when an opportunity arises.

Phrase

when opportunity knocks

  1. When an opportunity arises.

Questions about when opportunity knocks

What does when opportunity knocks mean?
When opportunity knocks means when an opportunity arises.
What part of speech is when opportunity knocks?
When opportunity knocks is a phrase.

Words near when opportunity knocks in the dictionary

  1. when one door closes, another one opens
  2. when one door closes, another opens
  3. when one door shuts, another door opens
  4. when one door shuts, another one opens
  5. when one door shuts, another opens
  6. when opportunity knocks
  7. when pigs can fly
  8. when pigs fly
  9. when push comes to shove
  10. when shrimps whistle
  11. when the balloon goes up

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