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word
noun▶ get a word in edgeways
to contribute to a conversation UK, 1984
Generally in a negative form.- [Y]ou wonder if he will let his fellow panellists [...] get a word in edgeways. — The Guardian, 6 February 2004
▶ take the word
in the illegal production of alcohol, to warn someone about a pending law enforcement raid US- Yeah, he took the word, else they’d got ketched Friday. — David W. Maurer, Kentucky Moonshine, p. 126, 1974
▶ the word- gossip, rumours US
- Milt came by with a rumor about a package delivery. Milt always had what the Marines called “the word”–the latest rumor. — Russell Davis, Marine at War, p. 119, 1961
- an order US
- — American Speech, p. 288, December 1962: “Marine corps slang”
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