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Definition
likely to; or maybe going to
- He hated using his hands, and he hated bending down, which was always liable to start him coughing.p. 21.9
liable = maybe going to
- Repairs, except what you could do for yourself, had to be sanctioned by remote committees which were liable to hold up even the mending of a window-pane for two years.p. 21.1
- At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.p. 63.9
liable = maybe going to
liable = maybe going to
There are no more uses of "liable" in 1984 by Orwell.
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