double meaning
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The phrase might also carry a double meaning, one Grohl is still parsing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
A mother’s screams of pain carry a woozy double meaning in a thematically saturated scene in the World War II drama “Amrum.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
He simply defined it as a rhetorical device involving a double meaning.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
“Accordion Eulogies” brims with such phrases: efficient, poetic, often delivered with double meaning.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024
She'll call it, "Dennis' Racket," playing on the double meaning of the word racket as well as on his last name, Payne.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
