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grey area

idiom

An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy or ill-defined.


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Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    get grey hair from

    To acquire great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness from (something or someone).

  2. 02

    give someone grey hair

    To give someone great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness.

  3. 03

    gray hat

    A morally ambiguous character; an antihero.

  4. 04

    grey cells

    Brains; a person's ability to think, especially referring to intelligence.

  5. 05

    grey matter

    Brains; a person's ability to think.

  6. 06

    grey power

    The collective political, economic, and social influence of senior citizens, especially when they are mobilized by a common interest.

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