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Growing up in Oklahoma the way I did, and being raised the way I was raised by my parents, gave me such a strong foundation to go out into the world and fly, so to speak, the way I was able to do.
Suzy Amis

Meaning of "so to speak" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SO TO SPEAK

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SO TO SPEAK

so as
so be it
so far
so far, so good
so help me
so long
so much
so much for
so that
so there
so what!
so-and-so
so-called
so-so
soak
soak test
soakage
soakaway
soaked
soaker

WORDS THAT END LIKE SO TO SPEAK

adspeak
bespeak
diplospeak
doublespeak
forespeak
forspeak
geekspeak
greenspeak
leetspeak
misspeak
netspeak
newspeak
outspeak
peak
respeak
seaspeak
speak
technospeak
unbespeak
unspeak
upspeak

Synonyms and antonyms of so to speak in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «so to speak» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SO TO SPEAK

Find out the translation of so to speak to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of so to speak from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «so to speak» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可以这么说
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

por así decirlo
570 millions of speakers

English

so to speak
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इतनी बात करने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إذا جاز التعبير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

так сказать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assim dizer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তাই কথা বলতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour ainsi dire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

boleh dikatakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sozusagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いわば
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말하자면
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Supaya bisa ngomong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vậy để nói chuyện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதனால் பேச
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोलायला म्हणून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sözde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

così dire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

że tak powiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

так сказати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ca să spunem așa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έτσι ώστε να μιλήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

om so te praat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

så att säga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

så å si
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of so to speak

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SO TO SPEAK»

The term «so to speak» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.007 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SO TO SPEAK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about so to speak

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10 QUOTES WITH «SO TO SPEAK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word so to speak.
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Kyle Abraham
A lot of the time, when I'm choreographing, I'm not thinking about what movement look best next to the next movement - I'm actually thinking about what song and what sound sounds right next to the next thing. So kind of choreographing as if I'm always making a mix tape, so to speak.
2
Alfred Adler
It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes.
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Suzy Amis
Growing up in Oklahoma the way I did, and being raised the way I was raised by my parents, gave me such a strong foundation to go out into the world and fly, so to speak, the way I was able to do.
4
Stephen Baldwin
I'm just the messenger here. I'm just another representative of my faith, so to speak.
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John Battelle
The truth is, truly passionate media creators don't get into the media business to make huge gains from spectacular unicorn exits. When it happens, we certainly all cheer (and perhaps secretly hope it happens to us). But the fact is, we make media because we don't know what else to do with ourselves. It's how we're wired, so to speak.
6
Gerry Beckley
I try to be careful to not just say it's a greatest hits show because we've also made efforts to keep people up to date so to speak because we continually write and record and put out albums.
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Chester Bennington
I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.
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Robert Blair
Action, so to speak, is the genius of nature.
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David Boreanaz
I want to make films and write films, which will happen, I'm just taking a different route right now. I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak.
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William Henry Bragg
In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to enter into any sort of combination with each other: occasionally, atom must meet atom and, so to speak, each hold out vain hands to the other, but the pace is too great and, in a moment, they are far away from each other again.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SO TO SPEAK»

Discover the use of so to speak in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to so to speak and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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So to Speak: A Personal Approach to Voice
The book also leads the reader on a journey to the source of speech: the inner self's desire to communicate and to be understood.
Colin Bernhardt, 2001
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So to speak: interviews with contemporary Canadian writers
So To Speak is a relatively random selection of Canadian writerly voices: established writers and new writers, female and male, poets and fictioneers. It demonstrates the disorderly richness of current Canadian writing.
Peter O'Brien, 1987
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Sojourner, So to Speak
Reading Joe Somoza's poems opens us up like an encounter with classic Chinese poets such as T'ao Ch'ien or Li-po--within domestic observance are the quiet profundities which cause even the dust to glow.
Joseph Somoza, 1997
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Christian Fighter Pilot Is Not an Oxymoron
Fighter Pilot Innuendo, so to speak Unfortunately, profanity is not the only vice to which a Christian fighter pilot will be exposed. Standard fighter pilot lingo is laced with various forms of sexual innuendo, most through the use of linguistic games ...
Jonathan Dowty, 2007
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The True Pattern of Divine Worship; as Photographed, So to ...
THE TRUE PATTERN 01“ DIVINE WORSHIP; AS PHOTOGRAPHED, 80 T0 SPEAK, IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, CHAPTER IV. BY THE AUTHOR OF “ HUMAN NATURE CONSIDERED,” ETC. " In all places where I record my name I will ...
‎1868
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F-15 Eagle Engaged: The World's Most Successful Jet Fighter
Ostensibly intended to avoid even the hint of sexual impropriety and conform to the very letter of the law, the substitute words, phrases and qualifiers only drew stark attention to the word at hand (so to speak), their possible sexual meaning and ...
Steve Davies, Doug Dildy, 2007
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Disorderly Discourse: Narrative, Conflict, & Inequality
Apparently, a thieves' exchange had taken place. . . . that is, the Meropatas man gave away stolen animals again from Meropatas to Ossidhi, that is, they did a give and take, an exchange, he gave sheep, so to speak, stolen ones, and they ...
Charles L. Briggs, 1996
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To Speak for the People: Public Opinion and the Problem of ...
Public Opinion and the Problem of Legitimacy in the French Revolution Jon Cowans. the Paris Club and then “propagate these opinions from one end of the empire to the other so as to shape, so to speak, the public spirit into a uniform mold.
Jon Cowans, 2014
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So to Speak 1: Integrating Speaking, Listening, and ...
Designed to integrate speaking, listening, and punctuation for the high-beginning to low-intermediate levels. The series promotes oral fluency through a wide range of accessible topics and engaging student-centered activities
Megan Webster, Judy DeFilippo, Webster Megan, 1998
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Global Technoscience and Responsibility: Schemes Applied to ...
Humans are capable of reflecting and projecting as well as varying symbols about and over symbolic signs and symbols as well as symbolization processes, by meta-symbols, so to speak. The human being therefore is not merely “the animal ...
Hans Lenk, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SO TO SPEAK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term so to speak is used in the context of the following news items.
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3M golf: Champions Tour is a young man's game, so to speak
Fred Funk won eight Champions Tour events in his first six years on the 50-and-over professional tour. In the 34 months since then, he has won one event: the ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
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Paul Pierce doesn't pull a DeAndre Jordan, so to speak
Paul Pierce and DeAndre Jordan are now teammates because Paul Pierce didn't pull a DeAndre Jordan. The shot blocking center comically and dramatically ... «Comcast SportsNet Washington, Jul 15»
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So to Speak: Give poor children in Oman a chance
A new car slowly pulled into the Muscat petrol station and Hamed, a young attendant, looked at it admiringly. He has the job of filling cars with fuel and he wishes ... «Times of Oman, Jul 15»
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The male contraceptive injection is coming, so to speak- say hello to …
Men – the choice of contraception will soon no longer be simply between extra safe or ribbed. The Vasalgel injection is expected to be seen on the US pharmacy ... «Metro, Jun 15»
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Etihad and Qatar Airways Report Earnings, So to Speak -- But Are …
Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways have reported profits for 2014, but it's a challenge to determine whether the profits are real. “These carriers don't release ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
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So to speak: The reluctant CEO
They would tell you that journalists often misquote them when they talk publicly. They prefer to issue press releases but these are so scanty and vague that are ... «Times of Oman, Jun 15»
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So to Speak: The words in the wind
I was at this party when someone told me that he knew a lot about other people's business from cross talk. He said the wind would 'carry the conversations' to his ... «Times of Oman, Jun 15»
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So to Speak: A tale of two cities
I don't make frequent trips to that lovely city like some of my compatriots and that's why I notice so many changes. For example, I find a hundred dirham note ... «Times of Oman, May 15»
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So to Speak: Cooling down the marriage heat
So to Speak: Cooling down the marriage heat. April 29, 2015 | 12:00 AM. SALEH AL-SHAIBANY. Sharelines. So to Speak: Cooling down the marriage heat. «Times of Oman, Apr 15»
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Crossing the channel, so to speak
Giuseppe Brincat, Elena D'Avenia, L'Inchiesta marinara a Malta. Centro di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani, Palermo, 2014, 126pp + 50 plates. Every so often ... «Times of Malta, Apr 15»

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