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quote chapter and verse

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quote chapter and verse - [by analogy with the mainstream phrase] To cite a relevant excerpt from an appropriate bible. "I don't care if "rn" gets it wrong; "Followup-To: poster" is explicitly permitted by RFC 1036. I'll quote chapter and verse if you don't believe me." See also legalese, language lawyer, RTFS (sense 2).
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``It's the main reason they quote chapter and verse from the gospel 'According to Jim.
NO LAUGHING MATTER WHY DO NETWORKS CHURN OUT BLAND SITCOMS AND PASS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
If the main thing we want from PRE is children with a thorough knowledge of Bible stories and an ability to quote chapter and verse, again, such schools are already up and running.
CATHOLICISM LITE : Confessions of a catechism teacher by Schommer, John J. / Commonweal
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