Re: Herald clue (Friday)

"henri" <henridavid2005@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Last Friday's Glasgow Herald has:

2 dn Order a new couch (8) = REPHRASE

I can see that "rephrase" means "order" but how does the couch come
into it?

"Couch" also means rephrase -- or, as one dictionary puts it, "formulate in
a particular style". Most often used, I believe, in the phrase "couched in
terms of something". What I do not see is how "new" fits. It would work if
"couch" were usable as a noun in the sense of rephrasing but, as far as I
know, it actually is a verb only.


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