Phrases related to: assumed

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rye seed	Caraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread- often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
Belgravian	A resident of Belgravia, London; by extension a member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
expressio unius est exclusio alterius	A canon of construction holding that, when a legal document includes a list, anything not in that list is assumed to be purposely excluded.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in your dreams	Used to express the speaker's skepticism about another's preceding statement about a desired or assumed state of affairs.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
not just a pretty face	Someone who is more intelligent, talented, or emotionally complex than might be assumed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
talk like an apothecary	To use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you wish	Used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)