The Well-Spoken Thesaurus book Is the phrase "in a nod to" in use in English?
Mnemon Member Joined Sep 22, 2021 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Persian Home Country Iran Current Location Iran Aug 17, 2023 #1 The Well-Spoken Thesaurus book Is the phrase "in a nod to" in use in English?
probus Moderator Staff member Joined Jan 7, 2011 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location Canada Aug 17, 2023 #2 Very much so, yes. You can use Google Ngrams to research such questions yourself: Google Books Ngram Viewer Google Books Ngram Viewer books.google.com Last edited by a moderator: Aug 18, 2023
Very much so, yes. You can use Google Ngrams to research such questions yourself: Google Books Ngram Viewer Google Books Ngram Viewer books.google.com
Mnemon Member Joined Sep 22, 2021 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Persian Home Country Iran Current Location Iran Aug 17, 2023 #3 probus said: You can use Google Ngrams to research such qustions yourself: Click to expand... I've actually looked it up in a couple of online dictionaries, but all to no avail. Except this entry from Cambridge: a nod to sth 1. If something is a nod to a particular thing, it refers to it: 2. If… dictionary.cambridge.org
probus said: You can use Google Ngrams to research such qustions yourself: Click to expand... I've actually looked it up in a couple of online dictionaries, but all to no avail. Except this entry from Cambridge: a nod to sth 1. If something is a nod to a particular thing, it refers to it: 2. If… dictionary.cambridge.org