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| before one's time(idiom, earliness) | |
| best guess(guess, estimate, prediction) | |
| build up(study, plan, development, measure) | |
| enthusiasm incitement(pleasure, enthusiasm, eagerness, exhilaration) | |
| expected value | |
| feeling in bones(noun, idiom, feeling, foreboding) | |
| first moment | |
| gut feeling(noun, feeling, idea, instinct) | |
| handwriting on wall(noun, idiom, feeling, foreboding) | |
| in advance | |
| in the cards(idiom, hope, possibility, expectation) | |
| irons in the fire(idiom, hope, possibility, expectation) | |
| outside chance(possibility, prospect, likelihood) | |
| preemptive action(noun, prevention, preemption) | |
| preventive action(noun, prevention, preemption) | |
| preventive measure(noun, protection, safeguard, insurance) | |
| preventive measures(noun, prevention, preemption) | |
| readiness forethought(noun, awareness, foreboding) | |
| safety measure(noun, care, protection, safeguard) | |
| shot in the dark(idiom, belief, conjecture, assumption) |
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