come as no surprise

verb

To be unsurprising; to be expected.

“The President's team's order didn't come as a surprise.”

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Meanings

verbcome as no surprise (third-person singular simple present comes as no surprise, present participle coming as no surprise, simple past came as no surprise, past participle come as no surprise)

present singular third person comes as no surprise · participle present coming as no surprise · past came as no surprise

  1. set phraseTo be unsurprising; to be expected.

    The President's team's order didn't come as a surprise.

    1 more example

    Given those two points, it comes as no surprise that Miller declined to characterize permanent incorrigibility as such an eligibility criterion.

    2021, Jones v. Mississippi (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18–1259), Justice Kavanaugh
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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come as no surprise,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20as%20no%20surprise.

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