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#1 2009-10-03 23:53:38

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
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"Take presidents over" for "take precedence over"

To take presidents over something or especially someone would be to rule over it or them, instead of taking precedence.

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Your man is sat in his ways.. His relatives are always going to take prsidents over you.
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It is a sad day when the 17 day romp in the snow known as the Olympics, take presidents over people in need.
(http://www.kelowna.com/2009/09/22/time- … the-night/)

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You can’t love them no mo’...
See they take presidents over
Anybody you datin or goin out with
Or
Just hookin up with
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#2 2009-10-10 11:35:09

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2872

Re: "Take presidents over" for "take precedence over"

All the tokens of a good eggcorn.

“Legal president” for “legal precedent” also gets some play. As does “without president.”


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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#3 2009-10-10 20:11:12

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
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Re: "Take presidents over" for "take precedence over"

Kind of like holding the reigns. (Reigning in the chaos, that sort of thing.)


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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