Strange to say
Also, strangely enough. Surprisingly, curiously, unaccountably, as in Strange to say, all the boys in his class are six feet tall or taller, or I’ve never been to the circus, strangely enough. This idiom was first recorded in 1697 as strange to relate.
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verb (used with object), strangled, strangling. 1. to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord. 2. to kill by stopping the breath in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate. 3. to prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or […]
- Stranglehold
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- Strangler
verb (used with object), strangled, strangling. 1. to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord. 2. to kill by stopping the breath in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate. 3. to prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or […]
- Stranglers
verb (used with object), strangled, strangling. 1. to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord. 2. to kill by stopping the breath in any manner; choke; stifle; suffocate. 3. to prevent the continuance, growth, rise, or […]
- Strangles
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