speak of

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speak of something phrasal verb

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speak of something phrasal verb (see also speak)

1. literary to show clearly that something happened or exists:
Her skin spoke of warm summer days spent in the sun.

2. no ... to speak of (also none/nothing to speak of) very little of something or a very small thing:
There’s been no rain to speak of for several months.
The house had no garden to speak of.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English

speak of
(something) to speak of
to have so little of something that it is not worth talking about.
There was no snow to speak of this winter.

I really don't have any job benefits to speak of.

Usage notes: usually following a noun in a negative statement, as in the examples, but sometimes used alone in conversation:
“Do you get a lot of headaches?” “No, not to speak of.”

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary


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