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bode well / ill (for sb/sth) (written) to be a good/bad sign for sb/sth:
These figures do not bode well for the company's future. * The look on her face boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is bode a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, bode is tagged as verb.
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