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you would think

you would think phrase: an expression denoting surprise or lack of understanding due to reality being very different from what is the norm or expected.

Phrase

you would think

  1. An expression denoting surprise or lack of understanding due to reality being very different from what is the norm or expected.
    • You would think with the thousands of visitors each day, someone would have found the missing animals by now.

Questions about you would think

What does you would think mean?
You would think means an expression denoting surprise or lack of understanding due to reality being very different from what is the norm or expected.
What part of speech is you would think?
You would think is a phrase.

Words near you would think in the dictionary

  1. you will own nothing and be happy
  2. you win
  3. you win some, you lose some
  4. you wish
  5. you wish, jellyfish
  6. you would think
  7. you&
  8. you'd
  9. you'd better believe it
  10. you'd complain if you were hung with a new rope
  11. you'd think

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