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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the meaning or correctness of a word in a sentence. Give as much context as possible.
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Olive Garden: "The cheese keeps coming 'til you say 'when'"
This is a case of ellipsis — omitting superfluous words from a sentence without breaking it. Like if you anwser "tomorrow" to "When can you start?", you mean "I can start tomorrow".
Your cheese case c …
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