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prep_phrase

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Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    As a matter of form; formally.

    "[I]t being unlikely, he ſays, that he can procure in the time, a letter from Lady Betty, under her own hand, inviting me in form to her houſe, […]"

  2. 2
    Having good form; fit, performing well.

    "Manchester United's in-form striker rose to head home Stewart Downing's corner and then rounded off a sweeping counter-attack involving Theo Walcott and Ashley Young to wrap up the formalities seconds before the break."

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"[I]t being unlikely, he ſays, that he can procure in the time, a letter from Lady Betty, under her own hand, inviting me in form to her houſe, […]"