so to speak
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English Dictionaryso to speakIn a manner of speaking
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Idiomsso to speakthis is one way to say it.
My grandfather is 74, and he plays golf every day – it's a sport you can play even as you head into the sunset, so to speak. Even if New Yorkers obeyed all the rules, New York would still be, so to speak, an unruly city.Usage notes: used to suggest that some people may not think this is a good way to say somethingRelated vocabulary:
if you will,
in other words [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
so to speakas one might or could say, this is one way to say something
We had a good time at the restaurant, so to speak, although the service was not very good.
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so to speak adv. phr. To say it in this way.
John was, so to speak, the leader of the club, but he was officially only the club's secretary. The horse, so to speak, danced on his hind legs. Compare: AS IT WERE.
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