so to speak
idiom
—used to indicate that one is using words in an unusual or figurative way rather than a literal way
We need to be all on the same wavelength, so to speak.
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Keeping it close to home, so to speak, the last visit was to SLC to be feted by Gov. Spencer Cox, various mayors, the Utah Film Commission and more.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
This allowed the researchers to really get under the mice’s skin, so to speak, and see their underlying blood vessels, muscles and organs live in real-time as described by a recent publication in the journal Science.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Your ruling planet, Mercury, returns to your sign on Sept. 8, handing you the cosmic megaphone, so to speak.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Eventually this concept would start to, so to speak, trickle down.
—The Editors, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
This allowed the researchers to really get under the mice’s skin, so to speak, and see their underlying blood vessels, muscles and organs live in real-time as described by a recent publication in the journal Science.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Your ruling planet, Mercury, returns to your sign on Sept. 8, handing you the cosmic megaphone, so to speak.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Eventually this concept would start to, so to speak, trickle down.
—The Editors, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024
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“So to speak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20to%20speak. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.
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