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who would have known

who would have known phrase: a rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?

Phrase

who would have known?

  1. A rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?

Questions about who would have known

What does who would have known mean?
Who would have known means a rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?
What part of speech is who would have known?
Who would have known is a phrase.

Words near who would have known in the dictionary

  1. who wants to know
  2. who was your servant last year
  3. who watches the watchers
  4. who whom
  5. who would have guessed
  6. who would have known
  7. who would have thought it
  8. who would have thunk it
  9. who would've thunk it
  10. who woulda thunk it
  11. who writes this stuff

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