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I never did
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English
Pronunciation
en en-au-I never did.ogg AU
Interjection
en idiomatic dated An exclamation of great surprise.
185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
‘Why, good gracious, Amy, what ever brought you here?’‘I wanted to see you, Fanny dear; and as I am going out all day to-morrow, and knew you might be engaged all day to-day, I thought—’‘But the idea, Amy, of you coming behind! I never did!’
en 1939 Scribner's Magazine "Well, I never did!" she exclaimed in a scandalized whisper. "Trying to set fire to the 'ouse — oh, fie".
See also
en well I never
en sentences