be meant to (do something)
be meant to (do something)
To be obliged or supposed to do something. It's nearly 6:30. Aren't you meant to be seeing a movie at 7 o'clock? Hey, you're meant to have your homework finished before you go out, you know that!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
mean to (do something)
to intend to do something. Did you mean to do that? No, it was an accident. I didn't mean to.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
mean to
Intend to, as in I meant to go running this morning but got up too late, or I'm sorry I broke it-I didn't mean to. This idiom was first recorded in 1560.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- mean to
- meant
- no offense meant
- xoxo
- be meant to be
- be meant to be something
- but seriously, folks
- folk
- seriously