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the story goes

the story goes phrase: the story is usually depicted as follows.

Phrase

the story goes

  1. The story is usually depicted as follows.
    • The story goes that they won the day.
    • James Kirkwood's play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! opened nearly three years ago on Broadway, and, so the story goes, was promptly killed by critics — presumably because of its gay material.1978 April 8, Robert Chesley, “The Cat Burglar Returns”, in Gay Community News, page 11

Questions about the story goes

What does the story goes mean?
The story goes means the story is usually depicted as follows.
What part of speech is the story goes?
The story goes is a phrase.

Words near the story goes in the dictionary

  1. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
  2. the squeaky wheel gets the oil
  3. the squirts
  4. the sticks
  5. The Storm
  6. the story goes
  7. the straw that broke the camel's back
  8. the Street
  9. the streets are paved with gold
  10. The Strip
  11. the stroke that broke the camel's back

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