A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

in a season • in season
in a season —
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. (also: at a season) at a certain time: He was
made Minister of Labor in a season when the Government’s
economic policy meant saying “no” to wage demands. 2. in
the course of one season: These are the days of “long runs,”
when but one or two plays can be produced in a season.
in season —
1
. at the proper time for smth.: The people
around me tell me in season and out of season that I look
tired and that I have to go to bed. 2. (of animals and plants)
in the best state for hunting, harvesting, or eating: The fish
is in season as proved by the color of its fins. 3. (of a place)
when most visited or frequented: From the first day of grouse
to the last day of pheasants, London is never in season.
in a sense • in the sense
in a sense —
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. in a way; to some extent: Mass and energy
are equivalent, and mass is to be regarded in a sense as a con-
centrated source of energy. 2. in some respect: Everything in
that conversation would be true, in a sense, although palpably
not true in another. 3. in the meaning: Antiphrasis— a figure
of speech by which words are used in a sense opposite to their
proper meaning.
in the sense — = in a sense 3: For what it’s worth, I’ve heard
this word used in the sense in question in everyday conversa-
tions.
in a single piece • in one piece
in a single piece —consisting of or fashioned in a single unit:
When the glove is being fabricated, the external layer is
moulded in a single piece.
in one piece —
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. = in a single piece: People from San Salvador
began to come to our ships in boats fashioned in one piece
from the trunks of trees. 2. (also: all in one piece) without
injury; relatively unharmed: My orders are just to get him to
London in one piece. After that, he’s someone else’s worry.