What does it mean “to have claim over something”?
This is a sentence from the book Everything I Know About Love:
I thought we had claim over each other’s twenties before we’d inevitably have to give the other one up.
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This is a sentence from the book Everything I Know About Love:
I thought we had claim over each other’s twenties before we’d inevitably have to give the other one up.
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It essentially is referring to a legal claim, as in ownership. It's being metaphoric or maybe hyperbolic. It's suggesting that they would own each other's 20's, that throughout their ages 20 through 29, they'd have each other.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 29 at 20:47
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This is a sentence from the book Everything I Know About Love:
I thought we had claim over each other’s twenties before we’d inevitably have to give the other one up.
idiom-meaning sentence-meaning
asked Mar 29 at 19:28
Jj J2Jj J2
104
This is a sentence from the book Everything I Know About Love:
I thought we had claim over each other’s twenties before we’d inevitably have to give the other one up.
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idiom-meaning sentence-meaning
asked Mar 29 at 19:28
Jj J2Jj J2
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asked Mar 29 at 19:28
Jj J2Jj J2
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asked Mar 29 at 19:28
Jj J2Jj J2
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asked Mar 29 at 19:28
Jj J2Jj J2
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asked Mar 29 at 19:28
Jj J2Jj J2
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It essentially is referring to a legal claim, as in ownership. It's being metaphoric or maybe hyperbolic. It's suggesting that they would own each other's 20's, that throughout their ages 20 through 29, they'd have each other.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 29 at 20:47
add a comment |
It essentially is referring to a legal claim, as in ownership. It's being metaphoric or maybe hyperbolic. It's suggesting that they would own each other's 20's, that throughout their ages 20 through 29, they'd have each other.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 29 at 20:47
It essentially is referring to a legal claim, as in ownership. It's being metaphoric or maybe hyperbolic. It's suggesting that they would own each other's 20's, that throughout their ages 20 through 29, they'd have each other.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 29 at 20:47
It essentially is referring to a legal claim, as in ownership. It's being metaphoric or maybe hyperbolic. It's suggesting that they would own each other's 20's, that throughout their ages 20 through 29, they'd have each other.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 29 at 20:47
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claim (something) for (oneself or something) TDF an idiom
To declare something as one's property or jurisdiction.
In this case it appear to reference youth or the age of the twenties.
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claim (something) for (oneself or something) TDF an idiom
To declare something as one's property or jurisdiction.
In this case it appear to reference youth or the age of the twenties.
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claim (something) for (oneself or something) TDF an idiom
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In this case it appear to reference youth or the age of the twenties.
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claim (something) for (oneself or something) TDF an idiom
To declare something as one's property or jurisdiction.
In this case it appear to reference youth or the age of the twenties.
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claim (something) for (oneself or something) TDF an idiom
To declare something as one's property or jurisdiction.
In this case it appear to reference youth or the age of the twenties.
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It essentially is referring to a legal claim, as in ownership. It's being metaphoric or maybe hyperbolic. It's suggesting that they would own each other's 20's, that throughout their ages 20 through 29, they'd have each other.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 29 at 20:47