Admit
Expect
Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).
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- Expect similar responses if you admit you don't like to look at pornography.
Source: Serious Business / Real Life - Badass Normal - Boomerang Kid, who is perpetually more dangerous than most people expect or want to admit.Sue: You know what I find hilarious?
Source: Literature / The Last Skull - They admit in the endgame announcement that not only did they not expect both games to hit endgame at once, but that not all of the areas of each game had been revealed at that point in time!
Source: Roleplay / Doubt Academy
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