as in
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[edit]as in (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, conjunctive) In the sense of.
- 1972, Investors Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette[1], volume 22:
- Getting to the bottom of Selmes' thinking is not the easiest of tasks but what in essence he is doing is trading a mummy (as in King Tut) for a big daddy (as in Tennessee Williams).
- 2010, Daphne Clair, The Marriage Debt[2]:
- 'You won't even have to touch me if you don't want to,' he said witheringly. 'But we are going to sleep together. As in spend the nights side by side.'
- As pronounced in.
- That's B as in boy.
- By which I mean; that is to say
- 1989 April 15, Eileen Bolinsky, Wendy Bennet-Alder, “I'm Slowly Getting To The Anger”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
- I've been getting acupuncture mostly, which is really good. It doesn't make things not happen, as in, I still got bronchitis, but it relieves a lot of the symptoms and helps me get through the day more and more.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, in.
- Synonym: like (conjunction)
- In Sweden, as in most countries, ...
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[edit]in the sense of
References
[edit]- “as in”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.