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Idiomatic Expression

nounid 76822·updated May 18, 2026
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an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
idiom
plural
Idiomatic Expressions
possessive
Idiomatic Expression's
pluralpossessive
Idiomatic Expressions'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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