have a hunch about something

have a hunch about something
have a hunch (that something is the case) & have a hunch about something
to have an idea about what did, will, or should happen; to have a feeling that something will or should happen. •

I had a hunch that you would be here when I arrived.

I have a hunch about the way things will happen.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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