"in disguise" meaning in All languages combined

See in disguise on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in disguise, {{en-PP}} in disguise
  1. Employing a disguise. Derived forms: blessing in disguise, devil in disguise
    Sense id: en-in_disguise-en-prep_phrase-d8jPPKju Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
  2. (figuratively) Seeming to be something else than what it actually is. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-in_disguise-en-prep_phrase-5LWzM4vm

Download JSON data for in disguise meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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