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see coming

verb sees coming · seeing coming · saw coming · seen coming

  1. informal, person, of a thing To notice in advance, especially to recognise as a threat or problem; to foresee. You're a perfect hitman; you look like a regular guy. Nobody sees you coming.
  2. informal, of a person To recognise (someone) as a potential victim to swindle or otherwise deceive. You were charged $1,000 for a car wash? They must have seen you coming!
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coming. The foul ball hit me on the head. I didn't see it coming.

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verb notice in advance; foresee

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Русскийпредви́деть predvídetʹ

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@misc{see_coming_2026,
  title = {see coming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/see%20coming},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}