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AS WE SAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does as we say mean?
• AS WE SAY (adverb)
The adverb AS WE SAY has 1 sense:
1. in a manner of speaking
Familiarity information: AS WE SAY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a manner of speaking
Synonyms:
as we say; so to speak
Context example:
the feeling is, as we say, quite dead
Context examples
“Now you may mizzle, jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I'll operate on him.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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