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a distinctive spoken or written expression
John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea
How To Use turn of phrase In A Sentence
- Maybe there are some true consultant masterminds out there for whom every pause is a dogwhistle to pundits, for whom every turn of phrase is frought with Da Vinci Code-like hidden meaning -- I haven't covered them. The Paranoid Style of American Punditry - Swampland - TIME.com
- an obscure turn of phrase
- But most of all, he blows the gaff on reviewers and productions alike, with his own inimitable turn of phrase.
- He's got an old-fashioned turn of phrase. Times, Sunday Times
- He was a self-educated man with a wonderful turn of phrase.
- He was a slow-talking Mississippian with a penchant for the rustic turn of phrase and a gift for storytelling.
- My mind numbs in response to the parade of hackneyed phrases ( "And in conclusion, these books are both very similar and very different ...") when suddenly something catches my eye -- a turn of phrase or an extraliterary locution. It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Plagiarism Buster
- 'Significant other' meaning 'partner' - now that's an interesting turn of phrase.
- 'Significant other' meaning 'partner' - now that's an interesting turn of phrase.
- Short and stocky, a shopworn wool sweater carelessly worn backwards on occasion, Bob displayed an almost pixyish quality that was only enhanced by his lilting, Gaelic turn of phrase and charming absent-mindedness.