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AH020387 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Bend
Can someone tell me what the word "bend" means in the following excerpt of a song:
Some will claim to be your friend
Then leave you just around the bend
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Some will claim to be your friend
Then leave you just around the bend
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Good question. The BEND referred to is a bend in the ROAD or PATH, and AROUND THE BEND is a figurative idiom that means SOME TIME SOON. Imagine you're driving down a road and there is a BEND up ahead.
- Good question.
- The BEND referred to is a bend in the ROAD or PATH, and AROUND THE BEND is a figurative idiom that means SOME TIME SOON.
- Imagine you're driving down a road and there is a BEND up ahead.
- You can't see what's AROUND the bend, but you're going to reach it soon, and then you will know.
- The thing that's around that bend, figuratively, could be your friend leaving you.
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Good question.
The BEND referred to is a bend in the ROAD or PATH, and AROUND THE BEND is a figurative idiom that means SOME TIME SOON.
Imagine you're driving down a road and there is a BEND up ahead. You can't see what's AROUND the bend, but you're going to reach it soon, and then you will know. The thing that's around that bend, figuratively, could be your friend leaving you.
There's
The BEND referred to is a bend in the ROAD or PATH, and AROUND THE BEND is a figurative idiom that means SOME TIME SOON.
Imagine you're driving down a road and there is a BEND up ahead. You can't see what's AROUND the bend, but you're going to reach it soon, and then you will know. The thing that's around that bend, figuratively, could be your friend leaving you.
There's
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