Usually means: Creative expression deviating from literal.
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  1. figure of_speech: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. figure of_speech: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. figure of_speech: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. figure of_speech: Collins English Dictionary
  5. figure of_speech: Vocabulary.com
  6. figure of_speech: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. figure-of-speech, figure of_speech: Wiktionary
  8. figure of_speech: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. figure of_speech: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. figure of_speech: Dictionary.com
  11. Figure of speech: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. figure of_speech: Rhymezone
  13. figure of_speech: Free Dictionary
  14. figure of_speech: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. figure of_speech: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Figure of Speech: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  2. FIGURE OF SPEECH: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. figure of_speech: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. figure of_speech: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (figure of speech)

noun:  (rhetoric, stylistic) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
noun:  (loosely) A turn of phrase that ought not to be taken literally, but rather as employed for convenience of expression only.

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