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harbinger of things to come
(redirected from portent of things to come)

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harbinger of things to come and portent of things to come; sign of things to come
a sample of the events that are to occur in the future. The first cuts in our budget are a harbinger of things to come. Today's visit from the auditors is a portent of things to come.
See also: come, thing


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As a portent of things to come in the Premier League, it would be wrong to start thinking of Doomsday scenarios.
Byline: By Nick Purewal Marvelling at Rome's Colosseum last week, little did Lee Dickson know it was an ironic portent of things to come.
Joe Kernan's men have struggled to impose themselves on this year's Ulster championship and it appears that their be-low-par league form was indeed a portent of things to come.
 
 
 
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