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[Dan Goncharoff]

Doesn't "tout" mean, among other things, promote? It does in my dictionary.
What am I missing?

DanG


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> This an odd one, as I can't quite explain it.
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> http://goo.gl/40xgIS
> > He was hauled into the principal's office and received a
> > tongue-lashing for not touting the party line the way the face of the
> > franchise should.
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> Sounds like a blend of "tooting his own horn" and "toeing the party
> line" gone even more awry. I've seen "towing the party line". But, for
> me, this is a first. I suppose, it sounds like "tout"=="support" or,
> more accurately, "promote".
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