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for the cheap seats

for the cheap seats prepositional phrase: used to emphasise a repeated assertion.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial) Used to emphasise a repeated assertion.

Origin of for the cheap seats

Alluding to the lower-priced seats in a theatre, where the audience might find it harder to hear the performers.

Questions about for the cheap seats

What does for the cheap seats mean?
For the cheap seats means used to emphasise a repeated assertion.
What part of speech is for the cheap seats?
For the cheap seats is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for the cheap seats in the dictionary

  1. for the best
  2. for the better
  3. for the birds
  4. for the book
  5. for the books
  6. for the cheap seats
  7. for the children
  8. for the chop
  9. for the craic
  10. for the foreseeable
  11. for the fuck of it

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