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Speak Expression Underline Fact Telling Strange Symbolic Manner

Phrase/Idiom so to speak / say
Definition This expression is used to underline the fact that one is telling something in a strange or symbolic manner.
Example I will tell you out secret because you are already family, so to speak.

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