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nouna figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similaritytype of:
Definition that contains metaphor
- go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- up spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- down spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- give break down, literally or metaphorically
- stop have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- move change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- end have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- stand occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
- break break down, literally or metaphorically
- drive force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically