Below are nine pairs of definitions of words. The first word in the pair can be made by removing the first letter from the second word in the pair. The letters removed from the second words, in question order, form a topical word, phrase or saying.
- Garden Alcove/Shelter for Ships
- Passenger-carrying Transport/Misuses
- Roof Overhang/Depart
- Brown Pigment/Wood
- Amount Allowed/Formal Speech
- Confuse/Swaying Walk
- Bounding Walk/Secretly Run Away
- Fictional Detective/Personification of Darkness in Greek Myth
- Willow/ More Curious
What is the nine-letter word, phrase or saying?
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