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Possession is nine-tenths of the law
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Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
something that you say which means that if you have something, it is difficult for other people to take it away from you. It would be hard to ask for the piano back after they've had it for so long. Possession is nine-tenths of the law and all that.
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