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| it |
used to indicate an animal, abstract thing, group, inanimate object, or being of undetermined gender that has been mentioned or is about to be mentioned. [2/6 definitions] |
| on |
happening or about to happen; scheduled. [1/20 definitions] |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. [1/2 definitions] |
| pendent |
awaiting action; about to happen; pending. [1/3 definitions] |
| pending |
about to happen; imminent. [1/4 definitions] |
| portent |
a sign of something important, and often disastrous, that is about to occur; omen. [1/2 definitions] |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; premonition or foreboding. |
| stimulate |
to bring about to activity or action. |
| stirrup cup |
a farewell drink, esp. for a mounted rider about to depart. |
| swan dive |
a headfirst dive in which the legs are kept straight, the back is arched, and the arms are straight out to the sides before being brought overhead as the diver is about to enter the water. |
| this |
the statement or event that is about to come. [2/7 definitions] |
| timber |
caution! (used in logging to warn others that a tree is about to fall). [1/5 definitions] |
| topple |
to lean over or out as though about to fall. [1/4 definitions] |
| totter |
to sway or rock as if about to fall. [1/2 definitions] |
| turn signal |
any of the lights on a car or other vehicle that flash on and off to show that the vehicle is about to turn and to show which way it will turn. Turn signals are located on both the front and back of the vehicle. |
| uh-oh |
used to express a sudden knowledge or apprehension that something bad is about to happen. |
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