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warmed-over

Posted on December 11, 2013December 9, 2013 by admin

wormd o vər

adjective

1. of cooked foods, heated and served again.

“He had a midnight supper of warmed-over coffee and cold bean sandwiches, but he did not have any sleep.”

2. reworked or repeated with no significant change, as an idea or solution.

“The Plan is hardly new. It is a warmed-over version of the strategy Cheney and his coauthors rolled out in 1992 as the answer.” (David Armstrong, “Dick Cheney’s Song of America,” Harpers Magazine, Oct. 2002)

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