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Idioms and Phrases

Stop the course of a trend or tendency, as in It is not easy to stem the tide of public opinion . This idiom uses stem in the sense of “stop” or “restrain.” [Mid-1800s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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