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feel in one's water

verb

Definitions

  1. To feel or know (something) intuitively and with a sense of certainty.

    • Oliphant questioned whether his reasons were adequate, and Rutherford roared back: "Reasons! Reasons! I feel it in my water!"
    • Georgie Watson knew something about the death of her father. Morton didn't just suspect this, he knew it as fact. He could feel it in his water and it nearly hurt him.
    • Younis is somehow involved in things, even if it's on the periphery. I feel it in my water.

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