"answer someone's prayers" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: answers someone's prayers [present, singular, third-person], answering someone's prayers [participle, present], answered someone's prayers [participle, past], answered someone's prayers [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} answer someone's prayers (third-person singular simple present answers someone's prayers, present participle answering someone's prayers, simple past and past participle answered someone's prayers)
  1. (idiomatic) To be exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: answer to someone's prayers [noun]
    Sense id: en-answer_someone's_prayers-en-verb-lCB3kqS6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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