| so to speak this is one way to say it. My grandfather is 74, and he plays golf every day – it's a sport you can play even as you head into the sunset, so to speak. Even if New Yorkers obeyed all the rules, New York would still be, so to speak, an unruly city. Usage notes: used to suggest that some people may not think this is a good way to say something Related vocabulary: if you will, in other words |