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"text": "At the march-past, little Johnny was out of step with everyone else."
},
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"ref": "1940, Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory, Penguin, published 1977, Part 1, Chapter 4, pp. 51-52",
"text": "The soldiers […] marched out of step in spite of the drum-beat,",
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"Not matching the movement of one's feet with that of others, or with an accompanying beat, while marching or walking."
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"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "rhythmic movement opposed to that of others",
"word": "epätahdissa"
},
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"ref": "2021 October 20, Ben Jones, “The benefits of (and barriers to) more leisure travel by rail”, in RAIL, number 942, page 32",
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"ref": "2023 February 26, Simon Tisdall, “Outdated and out of time: Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail”, in The Observer, →ISSN",
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"(figurative) Not matching or in agreement (with someone or something)."
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"word": "out of tune"
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"word": "eronnut"
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"word": "omaperäinen"
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"sense": "not matching or in agreement",
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