noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He said he used the phrase as a figure of speech , and did not mean to imply she was a coward.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A: It was a figure of speech , sir.
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And this, Marcy Lupino knew, was not a figure of speech .
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But how could you begin to verify the fact of reincarnation, except as a figure of speech ?
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I found this word in the dictionary meant an obscure figure of speech .
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The word means an obscure figure of speech .