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Turn of phrase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful. countable

    ""I should call it a most nice sort of surprise," remarked the girl with a quaintly un-English turn of phrase which he had already noticed and thought the most delightful thing in the world."

  2. 2
    a distinctive spoken or written expression wordnet
  3. 3
    A distinctive way of wording things, a distinctive way of writing or speaking. uncountable

    "This author has a beautiful turn of phrase."

Etymology

Compare trope, with same sense of turn to mean indirect language.

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