verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rephrase a question (= ask it in a different way )
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He didn’t answer, so I rephrased my question.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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question
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Instead, we rephrase the question and ask how the category operates in practice.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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OK. Let me rephrase the question.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As in the case of internal parasites, we should now rephrase the whole matter in terms of genes and extended phenotypes.
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I hope, Madam Deputy Speaker, that my comments were not out of order or tasteless, but I shall rephrase them.
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I may, thought Claudel, have to rephrase my report.
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Instead, we rephrase the question and ask how the category operates in practice.
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It helps to rephrase words and terms.
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It is permissible, even desirable, to edit and rephrase the statement so that it is clear and well structured.
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The Minister ought to rephrase that remark.
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We can rephrase Jenkin's argument in a more neutral analogy.