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  • 101guess as much — say/admit/think/guess/as much phrase to say or think the same thing that has just been stated The city’s crime problem has not been solved, and indeed the chief constable has admitted as much himself. ‘I think your wife’s in love with someone… …

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  • 102guess at — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reckon, calculate, survey; see estimate 1 , 2 …

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  • 103guess — ges n. conjecture; supposition; hypothesis v. suppose; hypothesize; conjecture …

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  • 104guess v — You must be my host Tom guessed …

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  • 105guess — I. v. a. 1. Conjecture, divine, surmise, suspect, mistrust, judge at random, judge with uncertainty. 2. Find out, solve, penetrate, fathom (by conjecture). 3. [New little used except in U.S.] Suppose, think, believe, fancy, imagine, take it, dare …

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  • 106guess — v 1. conjecture, surmise, estimate, reckon, hypothesize, postulate, Inf. figure, Inf. talk off the top of one s head, Inf. take a stab or shot, Inf. take a shot in the dark, Sl. guesstimate. 2. think, suppose, fancy, believe, imagine; feel, opine …

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  • 107guess — A conjecture; an estimate made without knowledge of the facts …

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  • 108take a guess — guess, try to answer, hazard a guess    How old are you? Take a guess …

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  • 109hazard a guess — guess at the answer, take a a shot in the dark    How many beans are in the jar? Do you want to hazard a guess? …

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  • 110second guess — guess what people think or what they will do    Don t try to second guess people. Ask them what you need to know …

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