figure of speech in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "figure of speech",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A figure of speech is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect."
      ],
      "id": "simple-figure_of_speech-en-phrase-pAwXfV61",
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    }
  ],
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "figure of speech"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "figure of speech",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A figure of speech is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-figure of speech.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "figure of speech"
}

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"figure of speech" meaning in English

Phrase