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the world kept spinning

the world kept spinning phrase: a reply expressing disregard for something deemed unimportant or insignificant.

Phrase

the world kept spinning

  1. A reply expressing disregard for something deemed unimportant or insignificant

Questions about the world kept spinning

What does the world kept spinning mean?
The world kept spinning means a reply expressing disregard for something deemed unimportant or insignificant.
What part of speech is the world kept spinning?
The world kept spinning is a phrase.

Words near the world kept spinning in the dictionary

  1. the word is go
  2. the world and his wife
  3. the world is one's lobster
  4. the world is someone's oyster
  5. the world is too much with someone
  6. the world kept spinning
  7. the world over
  8. the world owes one a living
  9. the writing is on the wall
  10. the wrong side of
  11. the yellow peril

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