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Define the word " idiom" in your words

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Answer:

An idiom is a word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.

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Examples:

It is raining cats and dogs.

It can not literally rain cats and dogs, we are using this idiom to say that it is raining really hard.

Someone having "cold feet"

This does not mean they have to put on socks, but rather that they are nervous about something.

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Answer:

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light).

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