- meant to be
- meant to bedestined to exist. •
Our love was meant to be!
•It was not meant to be.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
meant to be
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meant — /mɛnt/ (say ment) verb 1. past tense and past participle of mean1. –phrase 2. be meant to be, to be ordained by fate. 3. be meant to be …, to be expected or understood to be: that play is meant to be sensational …
