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in a body

in a body prepositional phrase: as a group, together.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (formal, literary) As a group, together.
    • On the contrary, it seemed, that mainly at Steelkilt’s instigation, they had resolved to maintain the strictest peacefulness, obey all orders to the last, and, when the ship reached port, desert her in a body.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Town-Ho’s Story”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 286

Questions about in a body

What does in a body mean?
In a body means as a group, together.
What part of speech is in a body?
In a body is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in a body in the dictionary

  1. in a bad way
  2. in a bake
  3. in a big way
  4. in a bind
  5. in a blink
  6. in a body
  7. in a box
  8. in a brace of shakes
  9. in a bubble
  10. in a canter
  11. in a cleft stick

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