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What does the phrase be up in arms over or about something mean?
Hahaeileen
"Arms" are weapons. If you are "up in arms" you are angry enough to go find weapons -- this can be literal or figurative, as in someone who is just really mad.
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What does it mean to say a phrase over and over?
repetition
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overused means its used too much or too often
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What does the phrase practice makes perfect mean?
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What is the meaning of the phrase by and by?
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