saw coming
Knew it would
To see something coming is to anticipate it before it happens.
The phrase almost always appears in past tense and often in the negative: I didn't see that coming, Nobody saw it coming.
When someone does see it coming, they recognized warning signs others missed: She saw the breakup coming for months.
The phrase implies that foresight was—or should have been—possible.
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- expectedRegarded as likely
- foreseePredict future events
- foretoldPredicted future events
- predictDeclare future outcomes
envision · notice · gut feeling · sense · writing on the wall · prophecy · detect · perceive · hunch · discern · recognize · knew · called it · presage · observe · identify · spot · crystal ball
saw comingblindsided
Surprised by unforeseen impact
caught off guard · taken by surprise · ambushed · shocked · broadsided
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