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▸ verb: To put it more than bluntly; to express a truth forcefully; to use exaggerated language to make a statement of fact.
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▸ verb: To put it more than bluntly; to express a truth forcefully; to use exaggerated language to make a statement of fact.
Similar:
call a spade a spade,
throw the hatchet,
hammer,
rake over the coals,
slash,
put to the sword,
cut to the quick,
stick the knife in,
lash out,
sledge,
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