So to speak?

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Can anybody please explain the phrase "so to speak"?What's it mean exactly? And how to use it in a sentence?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

KatiMortonCan anybody please explain the phrase "so to speak"?

It means 'in a way', 'in a manner of speaking', 'sort of'; 'metaphorically'.

KatiMorton And how to use it in a sentence?

It is used as a free, fixed interjection, in that it is not involved in the grammar of the sentence.

...these pine butterfly weakened trees. Insects work together, so to speak.
...to find a place outside of my own life, so to speak, to immerse myself in a general, anonymous social sea.
...the Democratic Party had turned a new leaf, so to speak, and was moving away from spending.
...They have had problems with this rocket before. And they might, so to speak, go back to the drawing board.

Odessa Dawn · Answer

KatiMortonAnd how to do we use it in a sentence?

So to speak?

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