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catachresis

n.
1.strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

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    Idiom of the Day

    lose out to (someone or something)
    to fail to win, to miss first place in a contest
    Our team lost out to the other team in the soccer tournament.



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    My uncle forbade me (a) / not to go through (b) / the contents of his letter. (c) /No error (d)

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