English Explanatory Dictionary

in a trench coat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Pretending to be something greater, especially unconvincingly.

Word forms

in a trench coat

Etymology

From a pop culture cliché in which two children, one on the other's shoulders, wear a long coat in order to pass for one adult to enter an R-rated movie theater.

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