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know/feel in one's bones

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: to have a strong feeling about something : sense very strongly He knew in his bones that he was wrong. She felt in her bones that nothing had changed.

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“Know/feel in one's bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/know%2Ffeel%20in%20one%27s%20bones. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.

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