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answer on a postcard

idiom
Meaning

A brief answer or opinion.


Examples
SIMPLE

Send your answer on a postcard if you know the winner.

CONTEXTUAL

The radio host asked listeners to share their best travel tips, promising to read the best answer on a postcard.

COMPLEX

If you have a solution to this complex puzzle, please submit your answer on a postcard to the editorial office by the end of the month.

Anchors to
Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    answer someone's prayers

    To be or do exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.

  2. 02

    answer the call of nature

    To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.

  3. 03

    answer to someone's prayers

    Exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.

  4. 04

    take no for an answer

    To accept a disappointing response.

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