what i say goes

  • 1What someone says goes. — What (someone) says goes. informal something that you say in order to tell someone which person in a group makes the final decisions about what happens. Maria s the team leader and what she says goes …

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  • 2what someone says goes — phrase used for emphasizing that a particular person has the power to decide what happens in a situation Around here, what he says goes. Thesaurus: being in chargesynonym Main entry: say …

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  • 3what — [ wat, hwat ] function word *** What can be used in the following ways: as a question pronoun (introducing a direct or indirect question): What do you want? Tell me what happened. as a relative pronoun (starting a relative clause that is subject …

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  • 4What says goes. — What (someone) says goes. informal something that you say in order to tell someone which person in a group makes the final decisions about what happens. Maria s the team leader and what she says goes …

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  • 5what is got over the devil’s back is spent under his belly — What is improperly obtained is spent in reckless pleasures or debauchery. 1582 S. GOSSON Plays Confuted G7v That which is gotten ouer the deuils backe, is spent vnder his belly. 1607 MIDDLETON Michaelmas Term IV. i. What’s got over the devil’s… …

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  • 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… …

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  • 7say — say1 [ seı ] (3rd person singular says [ sez ] ; past tense and past participle said [ sed ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 express something using words ▸ 2 have opinion ▸ 3 mean something ▸ 4 give information/orders ▸ 5 show what someone/something is like ▸ 6… …

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  • 8say — 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 …

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  • 9say — I UK [seɪ] / US verb Word forms say : present tense I/you/we/they say he/she/it says UK [sez] / US present participle saying past tense said UK [sed] / US past participle said *** Get it right: say: Unlike the verb tell, the verb say is never… …

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  • 10what */*/*/ — UK [wɒt] / US [wɑt] / US [hwɑt] adverb, determiner, interjection, predeterminer, pronoun Summary: What can be used in the following ways: as a question pronoun (introducing a direct or indirect question): What do you want? ♦ Tell me what happened …

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