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from Missouri

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Skeptical, not easily convinced and requiring proof.

informal

Examples

“The appeal to experience⟳ was the cry⟳ of the man from Missouri—the demand⟳ to be shown.”
“When one predicted that the atom bomb would end⟳ the world, the other said, ‘I’m from Missouri—you’ll have⟳ to show⟳ me.’ His friend answered, ‘Hell, who isn’t from Missouri these days?’”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

from Murphy to Manteo from my cold, dead hands from now on from on high from one day to the next from post to pillar

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