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Questions about tracing out and describing the elements of an individual word, as well as the historical changes in form and sense which that word has experienced over its history. Please use the 'phrase-origin' tag for phrase/expression origins.
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What is the correct usage of “vis-à-vis”?
According to The Phrase Finder, the term is French and literally meant face-to-face. When the English picked it up in the 18th century, they started using it to describe a type of horse-drawn carriage …
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"Go, Yankees!", "Go, Tigers!", etc. — go where?
In any non-literal "I want you to move to this location" sense, you're simply urging the team to spur further action toward victory.
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