Collective soul ..
Hi, I have 2 questions in the paragraph below.
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The minister led the congregation in collective soul searching over how a 19-year-old, a member of one of their most respected families, could have allegedly carried out a crime so horrific, one that so flew in the face of the church's values and teachings.
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Can someone help me understand those 2 parts - collective soul searching / flew?
Thank you very much in advance!
Top answer
It should be written "collective soul-searching". It means soul-searching that is performed in a group with other people. com/definition/us/soul-searching "fly in the face of" is an idiomatic expression.
- It should be written "collective soul-searching".
- It means soul-searching that is performed in a group with other people.
- com/definition/us/soul-searching "fly in the face of" is an idiomatic expression.
- com/definition/us/fly_in_the_face_of
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It should be written "collective soul-searching". It means soul-searching that is performed in a group with other people. "soul-searching" is a set phrase; see:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/soul-searching
"fly in the face of" is an idiomatic expression. See
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