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Meaning of I never did | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR C1

Definitions

An exclamation of great surprise.

dated, idiomatic

Examples

“185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit ‘Why, good gracious, Amy, what ever brought you here?’ ‘I wanted to see you, Fanny dear; and as I am going out all day to-morrow, and knew you might be engaged all day to-day, I thought—’ ‘But the idea, Amy, of you coming behind! I never did!’”

“"Well, I never did!" she exclaimed in a scandalized whisper. "Trying to set fire to the 'ouse — oh, fie".”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

I never miss I say I see I should coco I should cocoa I volunteer as tribute