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augur well for

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augur well for someone or something
to indicate or predict good things for someone or something. (Usually in the negative.) This latest economic message does not augur well for the stock market. I am afraid that this poll data does not augur well for the incumbent in the election.
See also: well


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She said Usman was the first female minister to be targeted and that the killing "does not augur well for the development of the society and progress of women," according to the state-run news agency, the Associated Press of Pakistan.
It also suggests to this workstation that "the aging of populations" may indeed augur well for the craft of proof-reading; Bill Penn writes from the other side of 80.
 
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