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idiom
     1. n. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people.
     2. n. A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
     3. n. An established expression whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words, often peculiar to a given language.
     4. n. An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
     5. n. (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.

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One wonders what we ever did before we had this endlessly useful idiom



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