Idiom
God forfend
Meaning
Don't let it be.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“God forfend that we lose our way in this storm.”
“He might lose his job, but God forfend he ever asks his family for help.”
“The old king insisted on absolute secrecy, for God forfend that the common people should learn of the palace's financial ruin.”
Examples
simple
“God forfend that we lose our way in this storm.”
contextual
“He might lose his job, but God forfend he ever asks his family for help.”
complex
“The old king insisted on absolute secrecy, for God forfend that the common people should learn of the palace's financial ruin.”
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