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small print
small print
noun
- matter in a contract, etc, printed in small type, esp when considered to be a trap for the unwary
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Idioms and Phrases
Also, fine print . The details in a contract or other document, often indicating restrictions or other disadvantages. For example, Be sure you read the small print before you sign your name to it , or They had the warranty terms in fine print, so you'd overlook the fact that it was only good for a month . This idiom alludes to the fact that such material is often printed in smaller type than the rest of the document. [Mid-1900s]Discover More
Example Sentences
In small print below the title were two names: Coleman Young and Lonnie Wheeler.
Take time to read the small print on the packages you inspect at the market.
Bring your glasses if you need them: that small print should alert you to what the contents can do to your body.
"If you mean the small print paragraphs in my prayer book, I never read 'em," answered the Squire's wife, bluntly.
This piece of tin has been perforated for the purpose; place it close to your eye, and this small print before it.
The Twayne version had a small print run and is so scarce that few people have seen it.
My eyes need the aid of glasses by night, and, with small print, in the day also.
The notes in small print should make the visit to the Abbey both more profitable and more interesting.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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