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Today's Idiom = "The Real Reason"

The Real Reason ( The true reason which has not been told; the reason which is not a lie ... )

"the real reason"

If you think someone has been lying or hiding the truth, and you want to know the true reason and not the lie, you want "the real reason." Example: "Tell me the real reason you left that school." Another example: "You know that Bob got fired. But do you know the real reason?"

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