or words to that effect

or words to that effect

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or words to that effect

1. (idiomatic) used to indicate a paraphrase or the chance of an error in the details of reported speech.

   When he hit his finger with the hammer, he said "ouch" or words to that effect.

   • 2004 August, Doug Stewart, “Shore Thing.”, in Smithsonian, volume 34, number 5:

     they were beyond earshot of the American commander, Capt. James Lawrence, who implored his men: "Don't give up the ship!" (or words to that effect).

Synonyms

• (indicating paraphrase): OWTTE

Translations

used to indicate a paraphrase

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: կամ դրա տիպ մի բան (kam dra tip mi ban), կամ այս կարգի մի բան (kam ays kargi mi ban), կամ սրա նման մի բան (kam sra nman mi ban) Chinese: Mandarin: 之類的話, 之类的话 (zhīlèi de huà), 或諸如此類的話, 或诸如此类的话 (huò zhūrúcǐlèi de huà) Dutch: of woorden van die strekking Finnish: tai jotakin vastaavaa (fi) French: quelque chose du même genre German: sinngemäß gesagt Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: coś w tym stylu Portuguese: ou algo assim Russian: и́ли что́-то в э́том ро́де (íli štó-to v étom róde) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• in so many words