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in other words
Putting it differently, usually more simply or explicitly. For example, The weather was terrible, the plane took off several hours after the scheduled time, and then fog prevented their landing
in other words, they never got to the wedding at all. [Mid-1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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| otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" |
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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