not supposed to

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(It's) not supposed to. and (Someone's) not supposed to.

a phrase indicating that someone or something is not meant to do something. (Often with a person's name or a pronoun as a subject. See the examples.) Fred: This little piece keeps falling off. Clerk: It's not supposed to. Bill: Tom just called from Detroit and says he's coming back tomorrow. Mary: That's funny. He's not supposed to.

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You are not supposed to ignore any tips that are exclusively made for the specific model of the fire pit you buy. Fire Pits Safety Tips ? Consider These Tips as You Use One by Lorne Wilkinson / Home based business community While most of us dread any type of office machinery, the computer printer seems to be the biggest monster of all When a printer keeps spitting out paper when it is not supposed to, eating the paper, or spitting out blank pages when you are in the middle of printing, you have a problem While most of us dread any type of office machinery, the computer printer seems to be the biggest monster of all. How to Refill a Toner Cartridge? by Sander A. Flaum / Computers and Internet community when she's told that she's not supposed to feel scared, that if she really loved her husband-to-be she wouldn't have any fear or doubt at all? Wedding Blues Unveiled Avoiding Post-Wedding Depression by Sheryl Paul / Family and marriage community			not miss for the world not miss much not move a muscle Not much not much to look at Not on your life! Not on your nelly! not one iota not open mouth not out of the woods not place not put a foot wrong not put it past not right now, thanks not see the forest for the trees not see the wood for the trees not set foot somewhere not shed a tear not show face not sit well not sleep a wink not so hot not stand for it not stand the sight of not suffer fools not supposed to not take anything for granted not take kindly to not take no for an answer not tell a soul not the end of the world not the half of it not think twice about not to mention not to put too fine a point on it not to speak of not to touch a drop Not to worry not too shabby not touch with a ten-foot pole not trouble head about not up to scratch and not up to snuff not worth a damn not worth a dime not worth a hill of beans and not amount to a hill of beans; not ... not worth mentioning not worth the paper is printed on not worth the paper it's written on not worth the trouble not worth while notch			not subordinate Not Substantially Equivalent not substantiated not succeed not suffer fools not sufficient Not Sufficient Funds Not Sufficient Funds Not Sufficient Funds Not Sufficient Funds Check Not Sufficient Funds Checks Not Sufficient Funds Fee Not Sufficient Funds Fees Not Sufficient Information not suitable Not Suitable for 56k Modem Not Suitable For Air Play Not Suitable for Children Not Suitable for Family Not Suitable for Men Not Suitable for Minors Not Suitable For Women Not Suitable for Work Not Suitable for You not support Not Supported by Work not supposed to Not Sure Not Sure Not sure if job offer is legal not surprised not tainted not take anything for granted not take kindly to not take kindly to not take no for an answer not take stock in not take stock in something Not Taken Not Taken Up not tampered with Not tea Not tea Not tea not tell a soul Not Tested Not That I Care Not That I Know Of Not That I Like It Not That I'm Aware Of Not That I'm Bitter Not That I'm Bitter or Anything Not That It Makes Much of A Difference Not That It Matters Not That It Matters Much

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