Definition of 'at one remove/ at several removes'
phrase [NOUN inflects, usually PHRASE after verb]
removeIf you do or experience something at one remove, you do not do it or experience it yourself, but someone else does it or experiences
it instead of you.
[mainly British] She enjoyed his company and the excitement of feeling herself linked at one remove
to London society.
She can know the world only at several removes.
COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Nearby words of 'at one remove/ at several removes'
- at once/all at once
- at one
- at one blow
- at one remove/ at several removes
- at one time
- at one's back
- at one's best
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All ENGLISH words that begin with 'A'
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Definition of at one remove/ at several removes from the
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