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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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I see "in lieu of" often misused, as people seem to think it means "in light of" . Totally changes the meaning of a sentence.

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