Someone or something is supposed to.
- Someone or something is supposed to.
Supposed to. & Someone or something is supposed to.
Someone or something is meant to do something. (Frequently, in speech,
supposed
is reduced to
s'posed
. The words
someone
or
something
can be replaced with nouns or pronouns, or used themselves.) •
Mary: They didn't deliver the flowers we ordered. Sue: Supposed to. Give them a call.
•
Sally: This screw doesn't fit into hole number seven in the way the instructions say it should. Bill: It's supposed to. Something's wrong.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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