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  Those who know that something is coming are better prepared to face it than those who do not know.
• forewarned is forearmed
  forewarned is forearmed

  Knowledge in advance enables one to be prepared, as in Let me know when he's in town so I can take the phone off the hook—forewarned is forearmed. This expression originated as a Latin proverb, Praemonitus, praemunitus, which was translated into English by the early 1500s. It soon was put to broader use than its original military applications.

Forewarned is forearmed

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1. Those who know that something is coming are better prepared to face it than those who do not know.

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forewarned is forearmed Idioms  

1. Knowledge in advance enables one to be prepared, as in Let me know when he's in town so I can take the phone off the hook—forewarned is forearmed. This expression originated as a Latin proverb, Praemonitus, praemunitus, which was translated into English by the early 1500s. It soon was put to broader use than its original military applications.

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Example Sentences

When it comes to tick-borne illness, forewarned is forearmed.

From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2022

The picture of aging and loss isn't pretty, but forewarned is forearmed.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2017

It is, says Shimizu, a case of forewarned is forearmed.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2014

"I flatter myself I am a match for Mrs. Bennett," retorted Nancy, "and forewarned is forearmed."

From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner

All right, my friend, forewarned is forearmed, and you’ll find it so this evening, unless I am very much mistaken.”

From Zero the Slaver A Romance of Equatorial Africa by Fletcher, Lawrence