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Vocabulary
Make something unhappen
What does it mean? = To prevent something from happening?
And I couldn't find 'unhappen' in dictionaries... Why is that?
And I couldn't find 'unhappen' in dictionaries... Why is that?
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It would definitely be slang or informal use. " Say, a mother walks into the kitchen, and it's a huge mess. Clearly angry, she looks at her son.
- It would definitely be slang or informal use.
- " Say, a mother walks into the kitchen, and it's a huge mess.
- Clearly angry, she looks at her son.
- "I don't know, Mom.
- I just happened," he says.
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It would definitely be slang or informal use. It means "undo whatever it is that just happened."
I can imagine it being said after someone says "It just happened" (meaning: no one did this on purpose, but things worked out this way) or "I don't know what happened."
Say, a mother walks into the kitchen, and it's a huge mess. Clearly angry, she looks at her son. "I don't know, Mom.
I can imagine it being said after someone says "It just happened" (meaning: no one did this on purpose, but things worked out this way) or "I don't know what happened."
Say, a mother walks into the kitchen, and it's a huge mess. Clearly angry, she looks at her son. "I don't know, Mom.
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Actually, it's a literal translation of a German term coined by Freud.
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