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                    tongue in cheek
                    
                        
                
                                                                    a. (alternative form of tongue-in-cheek English)
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                    Tongue in cheek
                    
                        
                
                                                                    - Redirect Tongue-in-cheek
Usage examples of "tongue in cheek".
You were working up to asking me--and I use that verb tongue in cheek--to lock myself down in here.