So to speak (2,2,4)

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">so to speak</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for as it were that I've seen before include "Just like if really so" , "In a kind of way" , "In a manner of speaking" , "In sort of" , "So to speak" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">so to speak</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Another definition for asitwere that I've seen is " so to speak".)