bargained+for

  • 1more than someone bargained for — more than (someone/something) bargained for something in addition to what was expected. The pain caused by the operation was much more than I bargained for. Usage notes: often used with get: Sarah was looking for a challenge, but she may have… …

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  • 2more than something bargained for — more than (someone/something) bargained for something in addition to what was expected. The pain caused by the operation was much more than I bargained for. Usage notes: often used with get: Sarah was looking for a challenge, but she may have… …

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  • 3more than bargained for — more than (someone/something) bargained for something in addition to what was expected. The pain caused by the operation was much more than I bargained for. Usage notes: often used with get: Sarah was looking for a challenge, but she may have… …

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  • 4more than you bargained for — more than you bargained for/not what you bargained for/ phrase something different from what you expected, especially something worse The babysitter found she had taken on more than she bargained for. Thesaurus: too much, extra and moresynonym… …

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  • 5not what you bargained for — more than you bargained for/not what you bargained for/ phrase something different from what you expected, especially something worse The babysitter found she had taken on more than she bargained for. Thesaurus: too much, extra and moresynonym… …

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  • 6more than one bargained for — n. (getting) more than one expected. □ This is certainly more than I bargained for! □ Trouble and more trouble. I’m getting more than I bargained for when I took the job …

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  • 7more than he bargained for — more than he expected …

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  • 8Bargained — Bargain Bar gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bargained} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bargaining}.] To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. [1913 Webster] {To bargain away}, to dispose of in a bargain;… …

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  • 9bargain for/on — EXPECT, anticipate, be prepared for, allow for, plan for, reckon with, take into account/consideration, contemplate, imagine, envisage, foresee, predict; count on, rely on, depend on, bank on, plan on, reckon on; N. Amer. informal figure on. →… …

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  • 10bargain for — or bargain on PHRASAL VERB: usu with brd neg If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it. [V P n] The effects of this policy were more than the… …

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