God knew
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[edit]Phrase
[edit]- simple past of God knows. An instance of sequence of tenses in free indirect speech, representing where the subject said or thought "God knows".
- 1994, Ron Zaczek, Farewell, Darkness: A Veteran's Triumph Over Combat Trauma, page 264:
- God knew I wouldn't tell them. They'd have thought I was fucking crazy.
- 2020, Joyce Carol Oates, Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.:
- The money Whitey’d left her, most of it was gone [...] Yes, certainly, a good portion of the money should be invested, kids’ college tuition, God knew how much that would add up to [...]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see God, knew.