AUGUR WELL FOR Definition & Meaning

augur well for

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Also, augur ill for ; bode well or ill for . Have good (or bad) expectations for someone or something. For example, John's recovery from surgery augurs well for the team and The Republican victory in the Congressional elections bodes ill for affirmative action . The verb augur is derived from the Latin word for “soothsayer” (predictor of the future), a meaning perpetuated in this phrase and so used since the late 1700s. The verb bode comes from the Old English bodian , meaning “to announce or foretell,” and is rarely heard today except in this idiom, which dates from about 1700.

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If protesters are indeed undeterred by the prospect of violence, that doesn’t augur well for any government, least of all an embattled one.

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That doesn’t augur well for a man who has spent a lifetime failing to own up to misconduct.

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The nasty fight with this relatively small bargaining unit does not augur well for the summer, when Boeing will face a stiffer labor challenge in the run-up to the Sept. 12 expiration of its labor contract covering more than 30,000 Machinists.

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The SNP's deputy leader, Keith Brown, told the Good Morning Scotland programme the lack of a challenger "does augur well for John Swinney's ability to engage with all parts of the party".

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Mr Blanche repeatedly ran afoul of the judge Tuesday in an episode that Mr Coffee said "did not augur well" for him or for Mr Trump.

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