Metalepsis

Metalepsis (from Greek: μετάληψις) is a figure of speech in which a word or a phrase from figurative speech is used in a new context.

For the moth subgenus Metalepsis, see Cerastis. For the album by Eartheater, see Metalepsis (album).
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