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This tag is for questions about correctly using a word. The word has to be provided within the question. The question should be limited to the usage of one word. For the usage of complete phrases there is the tag phrase-usage.
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Usage of “wash" [closed]
I came across this line in something I was reading:
The anger and tension washed out of his body.
It feels a little iffy to me. Is the usage of ‘wash’ correct here? If it’s not, why?
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Expression for a situation which you’re forced to be in but would still choose over somethin...
What about inured?
Merriam-Webster gives the following definition:
to accustom to accept something undesirable: children inured to violence
For the situation described in your question, you cou …
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Usage of “hitch"
I always see the expression “his breath hitched” or “his breathing hitched.” However, as far as I can tell in the dictionary, the word “hitched” does not denote anything I can relate to breathing. Of …
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