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Chris -- 2018-04-11
To take presidents over something or especially someone would be to rule over it or them, instead of taking precedence.
Marriage advice
Your man is sat in his ways.. His relatives are always going to take prsidents over you.
(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index … 123AAS1Sij)
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
(http://www.thegiantheart.com/2009/03/bl … -this.html)
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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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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* .
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