so to speak
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so to speak
adverb so to say
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In a manner of speaking.
Then Tom girded up his loins, so to speak, and went to work to “get his verses.”
Similar: as it were, in a manner of speaking, if you will
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adv in a manner of speaking
| Español | por así decirlo, por decirlo así, como quien dice, para entendernos, se entiende |
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| 日本語 | 丸で marude, まるで marude, 言わば iwaba |
| Português | por assim dizer, de certa forma, digamos assim |
| Français | pour ainsi dire, d'une certaine façon, en quelque sorte, en un sens, façon de parler |
| Deutsch | sozusagen, um es so zu sagen, gewissermaßen, in gewisser Weise |
| Italiano | in un certo senso, per così dire, in qualche modo, in qualche maniera |
| Română | ca să zic așa |
| Русский | так сказа́ть tak skazátʹ |
| العربية | إن جازَ التَعْبِير ʔin jāza t-taʕbīr |
| עברית | כִּבְיָכוֹל kivyakhól |
Talk about this word "so to speak." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/so%20to%20speak. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. so to speak. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/so%20to%20speak "so to speak." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/so%20to%20speak.Cite this
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title = {so to speak},
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