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at one's word

See: TAKE AT ONE'S WORD.

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word for word

[word for word] {adv. phr.} In exactly the same words. * /Mary copied Sally's composition word for word./ * /Joan repeated the conversation word for word./ * /She learned the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

word

[word] See: [ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS], [AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD], [BY WORD OF MOUTH], [EAT ONE'S WORDS], [FROM THE WORD "GO"], [GET A WORD IN], [GET THE MESSAGE] […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get a word in

[get a word in] or [get a word in edgewise] also [get a word in edgeways] {v. phr.} To find a chance to say something when others are talking. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[last word] {n.} 1. The last remark in an argument. * /I never win an argument with her. She always has the last word./ 2. The final say in deciding […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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