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something tells me

Idioms  
  1. I suspect, I have an intuition, as in Something tells me that she's not really as ill as she says, or Something told him that it was going to snow.


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But if something tells me I need to insert Miguel Rojas and kind of move some pieces around, I can do that too.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

After having a conversation with him, I was like, “This is my teammate right here, somebody that I could push, and something tells me he’s going to push me, too.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

Everything says Kansas City — the better team with home field and something to play for — should win, but something tells me Geno Smith and the desperate Seahawks have an upset in them.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

Castor said that “we need a comprehensive online privacy bill as well, but something tells me that may be a little more difficult to hammer out in the coming months.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2022

But something tells me there’s nothing in her Prada backpack that can make this better.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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