see coming

The idiom "see coming" means to anticipate or predict something before it happens, often based on intuition or available signs.

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Definition

B2General

(informal)To expect or anticipate an event or situation before it happens.

Example

No one else had expected the factory to close, but we saw it coming.
I didn't see that coming.

C1Interpersonal

(informal)To recognize someone as a potential target for deceit or swindle.

Example

He saw her coming from a mile away and knew he could trick her.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "see coming":

coming through coming on see in on the come see things see that coming and going see you see out see the light see into look ahead come to seeing to come for in sight see to come up come around come at see red come in come into come calling come after look on