Definition of use (one's) words

use (one's) words

verb

• to speak rather than resort to violence.

  Use your words, son.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  
  Citation from "Stone Dead", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to say, speak, talk.

  Last edited on Jan 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 05 2011.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to say, speak, talk':
yap	Definitions include: to talk incessantly.
bend (one's) ear	Definitions include: to talk to.
chinwag	Definitions include: an informal chat.
shoot the breeze	Definitions include: to chat.
go	Definitions include: to say.
spill (one's) guts	Definitions include: to tell one's secrets.
jibber jabber	Definitions include: incessant, idle talk.
bullsh*t	Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
shoot the sh*t	Definitions include: to chat.
dish out	Definitions include: to say or give.
all	Definitions include: to say.
yammer	Definitions include: to talk.
spit	Definitions include: to say.
on the tip of (one's) tongue	Definitions include: about to be remembered.
jabber	Definitions include: to talk at length.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'use':
as much use as a chocolate fireguard	Definitions include: useless.
as much use as a chocolate teapot	Definitions include: useless.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
use	Definitions include: to habitually take a drug or drink alcohol.
use coffee	Definitions include: use coffee
use in anger	Definitions include: to use for a real task, as opposed to just testing it out.
USer	Definitions include: a resident or citizen of the United States.
use-ta could	Definitions include: "use to be able to".
Other terms relating to 'word':
'c' word	Definitions include: "cunt".
c-word	Definitions include: the word "cunt".
'c' word, the	Definitions include: the word "cunt".
eat (one's) words	Definitions include: to suffer the consequences of verbalizing something that was incorrect.
five-dollar word	Definitions include: a fancy word.
four-letter word	Definitions include: a swear word.
'f' word, the	Definitions include: fuck.
get a word in edgeways	Definitions include: to have an opportunity to speak.
good word	Definitions include: any good news, ideas, or thoughts.
IOW	Definitions include: acronym for "in other words".
magic word, the	Definitions include: "please."
mark my words	Definitions include: "remember what I say."
mum's the word.	Definitions include: "I will not reveal the secret."
my word	Definitions include: exclamation of surprise.
'n' word, the	Definitions include: the word "nigger", which is extremely offensive.
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