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another story

another story noun: a radically different interpretation of a situation.

Noun

another story

  1. A radically different interpretation of a situation.
    • Oh, I daresay! Mr Adair and Mr Allardyce, who know you, could tell quite another story, I suspect.1872 June 22, “A Woman’s Vengence”, in Chambers's Journal, volume 49, number 443, page 397
    • Farmer Foster's averted face — his wife's slow-dropping tears — Peggy's uplifted hands and pitiful, shocked look, told quite another story.1870, Lady Augusta Noel, The Story of Wandering Willie, page 38
  2. A different situation entirely.
    • Of course, if the Redskins draft you to play for them, then that's another story.1999, Wayne G. MacDowell, Anthony Rocco Guarino, Bobbi Janson, Not Just Another Love Story, page 323
    • All of which throws into question the whole nature of identity and how we define ourselves. But that's another story.2008, Padraig O'Morain, That's Men: The Best of "That's Men" Column from the Irish Times, page 115

Questions about another story

What does another story mean?
Another story means a radically different interpretation of a situation.
What part of speech is another story?
Another story is a noun.

Words near another story in the dictionary

  1. another nail in someone's coffin
  2. another nail in the coffin
  3. another one bites the dust
  4. another pair of shoes
  5. another place
  6. another story
  7. another string to one's bow
  8. ANOTHER syndrome
  9. another thing
  10. anothergates
  11. anotherguess

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