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God forbid
Idioms and Phrases
Also, heaven forbid . May God prevent something from happening or being the case. For example, God forbid that they actually encounter a bear , or Heaven forbid that the tornado pulls off the roof . This term, in which heaven also stands for “God,†does not necessarily imply a belief in God's direct intervention but merely expresses a strong wish. [c. 1225] For a synonym, see perish the thought .Example Sentences
“We’ve got a lot of young boys and girls on our street, and I worry that, God forbid, something might ricochet and hit them, or one of us, or one of our dogs.â€
"What happens if they injure or, God forbid, kill Flaco while attempting to capture him?"
“What happens if they injure or, God forbid, kill Flaco while attempting to capture him?â€
"If, God forbid, something has happened to my father it will kill me."
God forbid you brave the approximately zillion streaming services out there to find something new.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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