coin a phrase
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Strikingly, Sir Keir nodded to ex-Chancellor George Osborne’s phrase from the austerity era, telling the audience: "To coin a phrase, 'we’re all in it together'."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
To coin a phrase: It is time for them to go.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2019
If cracks start appearing in the university system, what, to coin a phrase, is left?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2018
To coin a phrase, Speaker Bercow took back control.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2017
Then, inclining his head with that almost saturnine grace, if one may coin a phrase, which seemed to accompany every movement he made: "Sir, what have I done?" he asked.
From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard