cast in concrete in English

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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cast in concrete (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "ref": "2003, F. Stephen Larrabee, The Middle East in the Shadow of Afghanistan and Iraq, Rand Corporation, page 7",
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        }
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        "solidly established, very difficult to alter"
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          "established"
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        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
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          "alter",
          "alter"
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        "(postpositive, idiomatic) solidly established, very difficult to alter"
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        "not-comparable",
        "postpositional"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "solidly established",
          "word": "in beton gegoten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "solidly established",
          "word": "gravé dans le marbre"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cast in concrete"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cast in concrete (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English multiword terms",
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        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2003, F. Stephen Larrabee, The Middle East in the Shadow of Afghanistan and Iraq, Rand Corporation, page 7",
          "text": "The roadmap, he asserted, was a \"guide,\" a starting point. It was not cast in concrete and not likely to be the ultimate solution.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "solidly established, very difficult to alter"
      ],
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        [
          "solidly",
          "solidly"
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        [
          "established",
          "established"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "alter",
          "alter"
        ]
      ],
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        "(postpositive, idiomatic) solidly established, very difficult to alter"
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "solidly established",
      "word": "in beton gegoten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "solidly established",
      "word": "gravé dans le marbre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cast in concrete"
}

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"cast in concrete" meaning in English

Adjective