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bid fair to archaic or literary Seem likely to: the girl bade fair to be pretty...- I think that he clearly has participated strongly in the formulation of what bids fair to be a successful campaign.
- Michael has still to celebrate his 19th birthday and bids fair to be a star footballer for club and county in the years ahead.
- Though it is at present in its infancy it bids fair to render us valuable assistance; but, so far at least, we have little reason to think that it will ever rival the fingers and the ears for delicacy and exactitude of diagnosis.
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