SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mention someone's name who just then appears

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "speak of the devil" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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