keep someone guessing

verb

Definitions

  1. To act in such a way that others do not fully understand what one has done or do not know…

    To act in such a way that others do not fully understand what one has done or do not know what to expect next.

    • She could not even dimly understand Helen's merry protestation that it was fun to make people wonder and keep them guessing.
    • Being slightly off one’s trolley Uppermost in my list of top four teaching behaviours is being ever-so-slightly crazy ... to keep students guessing whether or not I have lost my marbles, and being not quite so predictable.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for keep someone guessing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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