Idiom
once or twice
Meaning
A small, indefinite number of times.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I've been there once or twice.”
“She mentioned his name once or twice, but I didn't think much of it.”
“In his long career, the reclusive author had granted interviews only once or twice, preferring to let his novels speak for themselves.”
Examples
simple
“I've been there once or twice.”
contextual
“She mentioned his name once or twice, but I didn't think much of it.”
complex
“In his long career, the reclusive author had granted interviews only once or twice, preferring to let his novels speak for themselves.”
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