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This tag is for questions seeking a phrase or an expression that fits a meaning. If you're specifically seeking only a single word, see the "single word requests" tag too.
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An arabic phrase 'not doing something to a person's likings, deficient' equivalent?
The term "half-assed" is used in US English to suggest an work product that is inferior, lacking, or wanting in some quality or characteristic.
oxforddictionaries.com
verb
Do (something) with lit …
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What is the short phrase meaning: "an accent dulled due to living abroad"?
"diluted"
A diluted accent would be one that was affected by its linguistic environment.
The diluted accent will be some mix of your practiced British accent and your natural accent …
englis …
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Idiom meaning diverting somebody's attention from a topic which you don't want to talk on
Filibuster from Oxford Dictionaries Online, not the OED:
Noun
an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required pr …
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Is there a word that means to see something but not be able to describe?
From the Oxford Dictionaries Online definition of transcendent, not from the OED:
adjective
beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience
This word captures the sense that meaning …
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Is there a phrase for "assuming facts to be correct in a statement"?
A "fallacious argument" is one that is based on an erroneous assumption or belief.
fallacious: adjective fal·la·cious \fə-ˈlā-shəs\
1: embodying a fallacy
2: tending to deceive or mislead : delu …
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