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79 entries under expression topic. ×
| rear ender(noun, smash, crash, hazard) | |
| shaking a leg(idiom, summary, abrupt, instant) | |
| something else(adjective, unusual, strange, exceptional) | |
| take by surprise(idiom, wonder, inexpectation) | |
| very fast(summary, abrupt, rapid, instant) | |
| winging it(passionate, violent, thoughtless, abrupt) | |
| against all expectation(idiom, inexpectation) | |
| against expectation(idiom, inexpectation) | |
| all at once | |
| all over the map(idiom, careless, casual, arbitrary) | |
| any old way(idiom, careless, casual, arbitrary) | |
| any which way(idiom, careless, casual, arbitrary) | |
| at unawares | |
| beyond expectation(idiom, inexpectation) | |
| bolt from the blue(idiom, shock, revelation, disclosure) | |
| break through(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| by the side | |
| catch by surprise(idiom, inexpectation) | |
| catch napping(idiom, inexpectation) | |
| catch unawares(idiom, inexpectation) |
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