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Inverted Word Commas True Time Sick Prisoners Cared

Phrase/Idiom in inverted commas
Definition If you use a word which you say is “in inverted commas”, you indicate that the word is not quite true or appropriate.
Example During that time, sick prisoners were “cared for”, in inverted commas, by guards.

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