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when least expected
Idioms and Phrases
When something is not awaited, as in My brother always calls when least expected , or You might know that the furnace would break down when least expected—we just had it overhauled .Example Sentences
Titled “The Head,” it concerns a ghastly visage composed of flushed waste that doggedly pops up out of the toilet when least expected.
Dynamics often change when least expected.
Part of the event’s lore — as with all rivalry games — is when the more downtrodden of the two teams rises up when least expected to wreak havoc on the other’s sky-high aspirations.
Drawing the viewer's eyes away to one thing, while setting up big surprises to pop out when least expected.
Light, the archbishop said, had "shone brightly in dark times and hope has sprung up when least expected".
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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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