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For questions about the words used in a song. Use with another appropriate tag, such as [meaning]. Note that questions asking to identify the lyrics in a song are off topic, as are questions about literary interpretation.

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Define "plate" from Sweeney Todd musical

Here, the meaning is, "The [vulture of the law] removed the barber from [the vulture's] plate." This is a formulation of the idiom off one's plate: No longer a matter of one's responsibility and …
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