Is there any expression or a single verb for “making someone expect something”?
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Is there any expression or a single verb for "making someone expect something"?
For example, the title "A Walk Among the Tombstones" made me expect a horror movie.
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Is there any expression or a single verb for "making someone expect something"?
For example, the title "A Walk Among the Tombstones" made me expect a horror movie.
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asked May 27 at 18:33
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...maybe you have never done a genealogy. It's kinda peaceful.
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Is there any expression or a single verb for "making someone expect something"?
For example, the title "A Walk Among the Tombstones" made me expect a horror movie.
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asked May 27 at 18:33
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Is there any expression or a single verb for "making someone expect something"?
For example, the title "A Walk Among the Tombstones" made me expect a horror movie.
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single-word-requests expression-requests
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...maybe you have never done a genealogy. It's kinda peaceful.
– Cascabel
May 27 at 20:36
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...maybe you have never done a genealogy. It's kinda peaceful.
– Cascabel
May 27 at 20:36
...maybe you have never done a genealogy. It's kinda peaceful.
– Cascabel
May 27 at 20:36
...maybe you have never done a genealogy. It's kinda peaceful.
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You could say that the title "suggested," "foreshadowed," or "evoked" a horror movie.
answered May 27 at 18:44
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+1 for "A Walk Among the Tombstones" suggests a horror movie
– wrymug
May 27 at 18:45
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Something else that is close is implied:
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" implied a horror movie.
Also implicit
Suggested though not directly expressed.
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answered May 28 at 13:57
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I anticipated “A Walk Among the Tombstones" to be horror movie.
answered May 28 at 14:09
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You could say that the title "suggested," "foreshadowed," or "evoked" a horror movie.
answered May 27 at 18:44
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+1 for "A Walk Among the Tombstones" suggests a horror movie
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May 27 at 18:45
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You could say that the title "suggested," "foreshadowed," or "evoked" a horror movie.
answered May 27 at 18:44
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+1 for "A Walk Among the Tombstones" suggests a horror movie
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You could say that the title "suggested," "foreshadowed," or "evoked" a horror movie.
answered May 27 at 18:44
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You could say that the title "suggested," "foreshadowed," or "evoked" a horror movie.
answered May 27 at 18:44
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answered May 27 at 18:44
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+1 for "A Walk Among the Tombstones" suggests a horror movie
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+1 for "A Walk Among the Tombstones" suggests a horror movie
– wrymug
May 27 at 18:45
+1 for "A Walk Among the Tombstones" suggests a horror movie
– wrymug
May 27 at 18:45
+1 for "A Walk Among the Tombstones" suggests a horror movie
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May 27 at 18:45
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Something else that is close is implied:
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" implied a horror movie.
Also implicit
Suggested though not directly expressed.
Oxford Dictionaries
answered May 28 at 13:57
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Something else that is close is implied:
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" implied a horror movie.
Also implicit
Suggested though not directly expressed.
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Something else that is close is implied:
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" implied a horror movie.
Also implicit
Suggested though not directly expressed.
Oxford Dictionaries
answered May 28 at 13:57
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Something else that is close is implied:
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" implied a horror movie.
Also implicit
Suggested though not directly expressed.
Oxford Dictionaries
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I anticipated “A Walk Among the Tombstones" to be horror movie.
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I anticipated “A Walk Among the Tombstones" to be horror movie.
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...maybe you have never done a genealogy. It's kinda peaceful.
– Cascabel
May 27 at 20:36