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Definition can only guess in British English

can only guess phrase

phrase
1

used for emphasizing that something is not known, especially someone's feelings or the degree to which something is happening

Example

Why this approach failed, we can only guess.

Example

Melissa could only guess at what the child must be feeling.

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Definition  can only guess in British English