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I never did en · INTJ

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Meanings

1. (dated, idiomatic) An exclamation of great surprise.
   • "Well, I never did!" she exclaimed in a scandalized whisper. "Trying to set fire to the 'ouse — oh, fie". 1939, Scribner's Magazine:
   • 185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit ‘Why, good gracious, Amy, what ever brought you here?’ ‘I wanted to see you, Fanny dear; and as I am going out all day to-morrow, and knew you might be engaged all day to-day, I thought—’ ‘But the idea, Amy, of you coming behind! I never did!’

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