"more than one bargained for" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1874, Ambrose Bierce, “Fables of Zambri, the Parsee”, in Cobwebs From an Empty Skull:",
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          "ref": "1919, Upton Sinclair, chapter 22, in Jimmie Higgins:",
          "text": "The sound of guns grew louder. . . . [W]hat if the Germans were to break through and sweep over all calculations? This was a little more than Jimmie Higgins had bargained for when he entered the recruiting-office in Leesville, U.S.A.!",
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          "ref": "2015 Jan. 14, \"Bull elephant gets too close for comfort in Thai park\" (video), New York Times (retrieved 23 May 2015)",
          "text": "A bull elephant gave tourists in Thailand more than they bargained for on Sunday when it sat on and rubbed itself along their cars."
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