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Idiom N Expression Meaning Differs Individual Words Distinctive

Word idiom
Part of Speech N.
Definition expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style.
Sentence The phrase "to lose one's marbles" is an idiom: if I say that Joe's lost his marbles, I'm not asking you to find some for him.  I'm telling you idiomatically that he's crazy.

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