What does "stock phrase" mean?

A phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them.

What is a synonym for "stock phrase"?

Common synonyms include: banality, boilerplate, bromides, canned response, chestnut, chestnuts.

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them. idiomatic
"Bart Simpson's stock phrase "I didn't do it" was once lampooned on the show itself."
2
A cliché.

"Bart Simpson's stock phrase "I didn't do it" was once lampooned on the show itself."