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present participle of couch
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1
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
- I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore
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2
to lie low with the limbs close to the body
- I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex
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“Couching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couching. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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