in part

Idioms and Phrases

Also, in large or small part . To some extent, not wholly, somewhat. For example, We didn't get to Chicago, in part because we didn't have time , or Jerry was the one to blame, in large part because he was the one who hired the contractor , or The attorney himself was in small part responsible for this witness . [Late 1300s]

Example Sentences

Far above, on the top of the cliffs, was that fenced-in part with the "dangerous" notice boards.

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I noticed that the men all wore their krises, and that spears were hanging in slings from the covered-in part.

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The keeping the hove-in part of a cable or hawser clear of the capstan.

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Related Words

• a little
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