
"He drew his weapon and drew a crowd"
Antanaclasis occurs when the same word is repeated, with different meanings"
Here are a few examples:
- "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"
- "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man"
- "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately"
- "People on the go . . . go for Coke"
- "The long cigarette that's long on flavour"
- "We walked a mile to walk a mile in their shoes"
- "He was caught by surprise when he was caught stealing"
- "He played the game and played her too"
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