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the very thing

the very thing phrase: synonym of the very idea.

Phrase

the very thing

  1. Synonym of the very idea
    • "Your point of view," she laughed. "You lacked perspective. Now if you did not have to get so close to the subject -- "
      "The very thing!" I cried. "What I need is a longer club. And there's that broken oar ready to hand."1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    the very idea

Synonyms of the very thing

Questions about the very thing

What does the very thing mean?
The very thing means synonym of the very idea.
What part of speech is the very thing?
The very thing is a phrase.

Words near the very thing in the dictionary

  1. the truth that
  2. the turns have tabled
  3. The Undercliff
  4. The Valley
  5. the very idea
  6. the very thing
  7. the victor gets the spoils
  8. The Villages
  9. The Ville
  10. the vine that ate the South
  11. the voice of the people, the voice of God

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