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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" | |||
==Symbol== | ==Symbol== | ||