Burning question

Feb. 28th, 2004 11:53 am
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If you overstand something, does that mean you don't get it at all?

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Date: 2004-02-28 08:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misanthropicsob.livejournal.com
No, wouldn't it be that you just don't get it, whereas "overstand completely" means you don't get it at all?

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Date: 2004-02-28 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tafticus.livejournal.com
It might...the word comes from the Old English "understanden", meaning "to stand under". Not really sure how that idiom worked, though, so... ?
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