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there ought to be a lawIndicates disapproval of a situation.Rate it:

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duly notedIn a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly.Rate it:

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at all hoursLate into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.Rate it:

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hide one's light under a bushelFor a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.Rate it:

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bend somebody's earSorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.Rate it:

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had betterShould; ought to; need to.Rate it:

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il vous doit une belle chandelleHe ought to be very grateful to you.Rate it:

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meant tosupposed to, obliged to, ought toRate it:

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there oughta be a lawEye dialect spelling of there ought to be a law.Rate it:

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there oughtta be a lawEye dialect spelling of there ought to be a law.Rate it:

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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)Rate it:

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