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The following 4 entries include the term is to.
one's nose is to the grindstone
idiom: one is doing hard, continuous work
there is to be said for
idiom—used with words such as something, a lot, much, etc., to indicate that something has advantages which deserve to be considered when someone is thinking about what to do
to know someone is to love him/her
idiom—used to say that the people who know someone feel great affection for him or her
which is to say
idiom: which means that
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