so to speak
idiom
—used to indicate that one is using words in an unusual or figurative way rather than a literal way
We need to be all on the same wavelength, so to speak.
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Read the tea leaves, so to speak.
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
Analysts on Wall Street have been saying that there’s a new leader in the race, and the empire, so to speak, is striking back.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
But that score seemed to open the floodgates, so to speak.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
Did that day take a while to rinse off, so to speak?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
Analysts on Wall Street have been saying that there’s a new leader in the race, and the empire, so to speak, is striking back.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
But that score seemed to open the floodgates, so to speak.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
Did that day take a while to rinse off, so to speak?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
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“So to speak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20to%20speak. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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