read the runes
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› to understand what will happen in the future, by looking at what is happening now: He was the first of the Eastern leaders to read the runes and make political changes to stay in power.Predicting things and intuition
(Definition of read the runes from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- augur verb
- augury noun
- bellwether noun
- bode verb
- cross sb's hand/palm with silver idiom
- crystal ball noun
- inkling noun
- instinct noun
- intuit verb
- intuition noun
- intuitive adjective
- premonition noun
- presage verb
- prescient adjective
- prophecy noun
- prophesy verb
- put (your) money on sb/sth idiom
- second-guess verb (GUESS)
- there's no knowing/telling/saying idiom
- unreasoning adjective
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