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word for word

–noun
1. in exactly the same words; verbatim.
2. one word at a time, without regard for the sense of the whole: She translated the book word for word.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME


word-for-word, adjective
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word for word  
adv.  In exactly the same words; verbatim.
word'-for-word' (wûrd'fər-wûrd') adj.
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