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Figure of speech (8)

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'figure of speech' is the definition.
(metaphor is a kind of figure of speech)

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(Other definitions for metaphor that I've seen before include "Figure of speech - allegory" , "Figure of speech that directly indicates a likeness" , "Analogy" , "7/16 [FIGURE OF SPEECH]" , "That's not to be taken literally" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Sun, The Independent, the LA Times, The Times, The Sunday Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian and The Telegraph.
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