"in layperson's terms" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in layperson's terms.ogg [Australia] Forms: in layperson’s terms [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in layperson’s terms}} in layperson’s terms, {{en-prep phrase|head=in layperson’s terms}} in layperson’s terms
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of in layman's terms Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in layman's terms [synonym, synonym-of]

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