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Idiom

sure enough

Meaning

Just as one would expect.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I thought it would rain, and sure enough, it did.”

“He predicted the store would be closed on Sunday, and sure enough, the doors were locked when we arrived.”

“She warned the team that the project would face delays, and sure enough, the unexpected technical issues brought everything to a complete standstill.”

Examples

simple

“I thought it would rain, and sure enough, it did.”

contextual

“He predicted the store would be closed on Sunday, and sure enough, the doors were locked when we arrived.”

complex

“She warned the team that the project would face delays, and sure enough, the unexpected technical issues brought everything to a complete standstill.”

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