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I Just Learned Why We Say 'By And Large' – And It's Surprisingly Nautical

Huffington Post 05 Feb 2025
According to Dictionary.com, the phrase has “nautical” origins and once meant “to the wind and off it”.What? ... In other words, the phrase originally meant balancing the wind’s different effects on the ship to keep it steady.
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