"rankshift" meaning in English

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      "form": "rankshifted",
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      "form": "rankshifted",
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        "To use a phrase as a subunit of a longer one"
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        "(linguistics) To use a phrase as a subunit of a longer one"
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      "form": "rankshifted",
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