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Definition say etc for in British English

say etc for phrase

phrase
1

to show that someone or something has a lot/very little etc of a particular quality

Example

It says a lot for him that he never gave up.

Example

It doesn't say much for my powers of observation that I had no idea what was going on.

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Definition say  etc for in British English