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who would have thought it

who would have thought it 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 thought it?

  1. A rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?
    • I'm surprised you didn't like the movie, who'd've thought it? I'd've thought it was just your kind of thing.
    • "Who would have thought it, James?" he remarked at length. "Great Scot! I shall have to get a partner."1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond

Synonyms of who would have thought it

Questions about who would have thought it

What does who would have thought it mean?
Who would have thought it 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 thought it?
Who would have thought it is a phrase.

Words near who would have thought it in the dictionary

  1. who was your servant last year
  2. who watches the watchers
  3. who whom
  4. who would have guessed
  5. who would have known
  6. who would have thought it
  7. who would have thunk it
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  10. who writes this stuff
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