• njm1314@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Yes that’s what the term means figuratively. However having read the title I was referring to the other part.

    • all-knight-party@kbin.run
      11·
      2 months ago

      I would assume through context clues that “figuratively” in this context means narrowly avoiding a bad situation, and “literally” means avoiding your death regardless of whether it has to do with a literal bullet or not.

      • njm1314@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        It’s an odd assumption to make when it’s not the meaning of the word literally. That’s literally the meaning of the word figuratively.

        • all-knight-party@kbin.run
          11·
          2 months ago

          I think we’ve had enough years on this planet to realize people use the word literally incorrectly almost as often as they use it correctly.