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Expression: "Shed one's weight"



 
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Expression: "Shed one's weight" #1 (permalink) Sat Jul 22, 2006 0:29 am   Expression: "Shed one's weight"		  
Hi

Could we say:

You must shed some weight, Jack! You are getting very fat.

Tom
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Expression: "Shed one's weight" #2 (permalink) Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:27 am   Expression: "Shed one's weight"		  
Yes, that's perfectly correct grammatically and lexically. Socially, I wouldn't recommend it.
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