"loom ahead" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: looms ahead [present, singular, third-person], looming ahead [participle, present], loomed ahead [participle, past], loomed ahead [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} loom ahead (third-person singular simple present looms ahead, present participle looming ahead, simple past and past participle loomed ahead)
  1. (intransitive, of an intimidating problem, confrontation or outcome) To be likely to occur and to be disastrous; to be foreboding. Tags: intransitive
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