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Mfrog Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
"so to speak"
what does " so to speak " mean ?? Frequently, I heard people on tv's use it and I have no clue what it means :/
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"So to speak" means "in a manner of speaking," according to The American Heritage Dictionary. " The expression usually follows an idiom, slang, or informal phrase. Usage example : He talked the entire time and rarely allowed her to say a word.
- "So to speak" means "in a manner of speaking," according to The American Heritage Dictionary.
- " The expression usually follows an idiom, slang, or informal phrase.
- Usage example : He talked the entire time and rarely allowed her to say a word.
- He hijacked the entire conversation, so to speak.
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"So to speak" means "in a manner of speaking," according to The American Heritage Dictionary. You use the expression when you want to say, "In other words," or, "This is one way to say it." The expression usually follows an idiom, slang, or informal phrase.
Usage example: He talked the entire time and rarely allowed her to say a word. He hijacked the entire conversation, so to
Usage example: He talked the entire time and rarely allowed her to say a word. He hijacked the entire conversation, so to
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I know what "so to speak" means, but I would like to know "why" people use that expression. I realize the question may not be answerable, so to speak, but I see no sense for its use. It seems like a waste of time and space. By "space" I mean in the sense that its a waste of paper. I know that may seem "picky," as it were, but it does take up space on the paper if one is writing narrative intended
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