so to speak

“It was his escape — he is literally the person who undid the ribbon, so to speak,” she said.

What Hallmark has expressed interest in is widening the net, so to speak, of “what are other stories we can incorporate.”

The simple act of recognizing that forces outside our control affect our mental health, which can help individuals understand that they aren’t “to blame,” so to speak, for their mental health struggles, says Eisenberg-Guyot.

"When I found out it was literally somebody down the road, so to speak... that was just incredible," said Alison, who is now cancer-free.

But now I understand he was just keeping in shape, so to speak.