in the event of

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in the event of something

if something happens; on the chance that something happens. In the event of his late arrival, please call me. In the event of rain, the parade is canceled.

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I knew that our worthy captain, who felt, such a paternal solicitude for the welfare of his crew, would not willingly consent that one of his best hands should encounter the perils of a sojourn among the natives of a barbarous island; and I was certain that in the event of my disappearance, his fatherly anxiety would prompt him to offer, by way of a reward, yard upon yard of gaily printed calico for my apprehension. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context We will take good care of them, and in the event of war return them to the arsenal. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Isabel, at Miss Pink's intercession, was induced to accept her lover's excuses, and, in the event of her favorable reception by Hardyman's parents at the farm, to give her consent (not very willingly even yet) to hastening the ceremony which was to make her Hardyman's wife. My Lady's Money by Collins, Wilkie View in context			in the boondocks in the bosom of in the buff in the bull pen in the business of in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the chips in the clear in the cold light of day in the Common Era in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the cross hairs in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the event of in the eyes of in the eyes of the law in the face of in the family in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh in the fullness of time in the grand scheme of things in the grip of in the groove in the gutter in the hands of in the heat of in the heat of the moment in the hole in the hopper in the hot seat in the house in the interest of in the interest of saving time in the interim			in the dock in the dock in the dock in the doghouse in the doghouse in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the driver's seat in the driver's seat in the driving seat in the driving seat in the dumps in the dumps in the dumps in the dust in the dust in the dust In the Ear in the end in the end in the end in the end in the end in the event in the event in the event in the event in the event in the event of In the extreme in the eye of the wind in the eye of the wind in the eye of the wind in the eye of the wind in the eyes of in the eyes of the law in the eyes of the law in the face in the face in the face in the face in the face in the face of in the fad in the family In the family way In the family way In the family way In the family way In the family way in the fashion in the fashion in the fashion in the fast lane in the field of public debate in the final analysis in the final analysis in the final analysis in the final analysis

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