to say a few words

  • 1say a few words —    to make a speech    Would that they were only a few on most occasions …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 2say a few words — speak briefly …

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  • 3of few words — phrasal : not inclined to say more than necessary : laconic a man of few words * * * taciturn he s a man of few words * * * of few words ◇ A person of few words is someone who does not talk very much. a man/woman of few words • • • …

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  • 4of few words — phrasal not inclined to say more than is necessary ; laconic < a man of few words > …

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  • 5say — 1 /seI/ verb past tense and past participle said /sed/ 3rd person singular says USE WORDS 1 WORD/SOUND (T) to pronounce a word or sound: “What did you say?” | “I m so tired” she said. | say hello/goodbye etc: She left without even saying goodbye …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6say — say1 W1S1 [seı] v past tense and past participle said [sed] third person singular says [sez] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(express something in words)¦ 2¦(give information)¦ 3¦(mean)¦ 4¦(think that something is true)¦ 5¦(show/be a sign of something)¦ 6¦(speak the&#8230; …

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  • 7say a mouthful — american informal phrase to say something that is true and important using only a few words Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: mouthful * * * informal say something noteworthy …

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  • 8Words and Music (play) — Samuel Beckett wrote the radio play, Words and Music between November and December 1961. [Both James Knowlson ( Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett , p 497) and Stan Gontarski ( The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett , p 650) quote these&#8230; …

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  • 9say — I n. decision 1) to have the final say opportunity to speak 2) to have one s say II v. 1)(B) ( to utter ) she said a few words to us 2) (d; tr.) ( to state ) to say about, of (what did they say about our offer?) 3) (d; tr.) to say for ( to say in …

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  • 10few — /fju:/ quanountifier, noun (plural) 1 a few/the few (no comparative) a small number (of): I ve got a few books on gardening. | I ll pop into the supermarket and get a few bits and pieces. | only a few hundred yards past the crossroads | It s one&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English