Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A rule of improvisation whereby one performer should accept another's statement and build on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
phrase
Admits the interlocutor's point but disputes its relevance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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Synonyms: so, what?; yes, and what of it?; okay, but what's your point?; who cares?; okay, and?; yeah, and?
Antonyms: none provided
History
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Across languages
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