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Turn of phrase   /tərn əv freɪz/   Listen
Turn of phrase

noun
1.
A distinctive spoken or written expression.  Synonym: turn of expression.





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"Turn of phrase" Quotes from Famous Books



... necessary to weigh words as carefully as in the presence of the colonel. It frequently happened that he, the day after a social gathering, took occasion to reprove his captains and lieutenants for a careless turn of phrase or for something which he construed as a lack of respect shown to him or ...
— A Little Garrison - A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day • Fritz von der Kyrburg


Words linked to "Turn of phrase" :   turn of expression, expressive style, conceit, style


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