for the cheap seats in English

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Etymology: Alluding to the lower-priced seats in a theatre, where the audience might find it harder to hear the performers. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} for the cheap seats, {{en-PP}} for the cheap seats

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{
  "etymology_text": "Alluding to the lower-priced seats in a theatre, where the audience might find it harder to hear the performers.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "for the cheap seats",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "expansion": "for the cheap seats",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
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  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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      "glosses": [
        "Used to emphasise a repeated assertion."
      ],
      "id": "en-for_the_cheap_seats-en-prep_phrase-l87oqsFb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Used to emphasise a repeated assertion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "for the cheap seats"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Alluding to the lower-priced seats in a theatre, where the audience might find it harder to hear the performers.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "for the cheap seats",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "for the cheap seats",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to emphasise a repeated assertion."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Used to emphasise a repeated assertion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "for the cheap seats"
}

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"for the cheap seats" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase