speak of the devil
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
mention someone's name who just then appears
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
—30%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Variants
- pasttense
- speaked of the devilspoke of the devil
- presentparticiple
- speaking of the devil
- thirdpersonsingular
- speaks of the devil
- pastparticiple
- speaked of the devilspoken of the devil