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<blockquote data-quote="ThxOne" data-source="post: 8914224" data-attributes="member: 675210">I know it can be hard for some to comprehend but just because someone says &quot;I bet&quot; does not mean they are literally wanting to make a bet. It is a figure of speech. I see you used it as yet ANOTHER excuse to insult me. Now that you have ruined the site for what you probably believe are a bunch of Trump supporters, what do you care if you continue to break the rules, be a liar and a hypocrite?&nbsp; fig·ure of speech/ˌfiɡyər əv ˈspēCH/&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/search?num=10&amp;sca_esv=7cb5a2c0938f91b5&amp;sxsrf=AE3TifO9lWQnGSfNzUlNVL2B5RJurnoI5Q:1764189577532&amp;q=how+to+pronounce+figure+of+speech&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOMIfcToxC3w8sc9YSnLSWtOXmM05uINKMrPK81LzkwsyczPE5LhYglJLcoVEpES4hJIy0wvLUpVyE9TKC5ITU3OsGJRYkrN41nEqpiRX65Qkq9QANSbD9ScqoCuFAADUV6vawAAAA&amp;pron_lang=en&amp;pron_country=us&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiThdeo1pCRAxUPK1kFHXwFO1kQ3eEDegQILBAN" target="_blank"><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/promos/20181204/pronunciation.svg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>nounnoun: figure of speech; plural noun: figures of speech<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">a word or phrase used in a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?num=10&amp;sca_esv=7cb5a2c0938f91b5&amp;sxsrf=AE3TifO9lWQnGSfNzUlNVL2B5RJurnoI5Q:1764189577532&amp;q=non-literal&amp;si=AMgyJEuOnAWW0Co4MNdoFOPUEMGAXME-yyPFoGx_F-uiC5lw6fRvw9KgUKwSiry6cddabttg6EcF1FOcmjENQDi5oHO55T0kzlJgRdhuTN55Xg7_Xb_evwE%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiThdeo1pCRAxUPK1kFHXwFO1kQyecJegQILBAQ" target="_blank">non-literal</a> sense for <a href="https://www.google.com/search?num=10&amp;sca_esv=7cb5a2c0938f91b5&amp;sxsrf=AE3TifO9lWQnGSfNzUlNVL2B5RJurnoI5Q:1764189577532&amp;q=rhetorical&amp;si=AMgyJEsoxf1x3izMIRdcfaP2O5eHUbbGp4FjXWY-YPOQyWylsX0mi0Z8u3hb1NdzR2MNswJOciv7kjFyHu8N8MtsHyi21qa0Z_Ndg3ldwxFcNmaJShWSb4o%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiThdeo1pCRAxUPK1kFHXwFO1kQyecJegQILBAR" target="_blank">rhetorical</a> or vivid effect.</li>
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[QUOTE="ThxOne, post: 8914224, member: 675210"] I know it can be hard for some to comprehend but just because someone says "I bet" does not mean they are literally wanting to make a bet. It is a figure of speech. I see you used it as yet ANOTHER excuse to insult me. Now that you have ruined the site for what you probably believe are a bunch of Trump supporters, what do you care if you continue to break the rules, be a liar and a hypocrite? fig·ure of speech /ˌfiɡyər əv ˈspēCH/ [URL='https://www.google.com/search?num=10&sca_esv=7cb5a2c0938f91b5&sxsrf=AE3TifO9lWQnGSfNzUlNVL2B5RJurnoI5Q:1764189577532&q=how+to+pronounce+figure+of+speech&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOMIfcToxC3w8sc9YSnLSWtOXmM05uINKMrPK81LzkwsyczPE5LhYglJLcoVEpES4hJIy0wvLUpVyE9TKC5ITU3OsGJRYkrN41nEqpiRX65Qkq9QANSbD9ScqoCuFAADUV6vawAAAA&pron_lang=en&pron_country=us&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiThdeo1pCRAxUPK1kFHXwFO1kQ3eEDegQILBAN'][IMG]https://ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/promos/20181204/pronunciation.svg[/IMG][/URL] [I]noun[/I] noun: [B]figure of speech[/B]; plural noun: [B]figures of speech[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a word or phrase used in a [URL='https://www.google.com/search?num=10&sca_esv=7cb5a2c0938f91b5&sxsrf=AE3TifO9lWQnGSfNzUlNVL2B5RJurnoI5Q:1764189577532&q=non-literal&si=AMgyJEuOnAWW0Co4MNdoFOPUEMGAXME-yyPFoGx_F-uiC5lw6fRvw9KgUKwSiry6cddabttg6EcF1FOcmjENQDi5oHO55T0kzlJgRdhuTN55Xg7_Xb_evwE%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiThdeo1pCRAxUPK1kFHXwFO1kQyecJegQILBAQ']non-literal[/URL] sense for [URL='https://www.google.com/search?num=10&sca_esv=7cb5a2c0938f91b5&sxsrf=AE3TifO9lWQnGSfNzUlNVL2B5RJurnoI5Q:1764189577532&q=rhetorical&si=AMgyJEsoxf1x3izMIRdcfaP2O5eHUbbGp4FjXWY-YPOQyWylsX0mi0Z8u3hb1NdzR2MNswJOciv7kjFyHu8N8MtsHyi21qa0Z_Ndg3ldwxFcNmaJShWSb4o%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiThdeo1pCRAxUPK1kFHXwFO1kQyecJegQILBAR']rhetorical[/URL] or vivid effect. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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