Figurative language: Difference between revisions

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grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (as ride herd on for “supervise”).
grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (as ride herd on for “supervise”).


example: "give way" meaning "retreat"
Example: "give way" meaning "retreat"


==Symbol==
==Symbol==
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