I used to think it was a right wing thing, but now it seems a bit more pervasive. And yeah I know some sophistic defence could be given of both locutions there in the British context, but search your heart - you know it’s just thoughtless borrowing from the yanks as well as I do.
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And American sports metaphors. British people takling about "stepping up to the plate" irks me.
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Hard agree.
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