coin a phrase
Example Sentences
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To coin a phrase, it's the economy, stupid — or, more to the point, it's how American voters perceive the economy.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2023
Kay Mellor was, to coin a phrase, a "proud Yorkshire lass".
From BBC ● May 17, 2022
If cracks start appearing in the university system, what, to coin a phrase, is left?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2018
But the cap didn’t fit very well, to coin a phrase, so I hung on to the hair around the sides and lost the hair on top.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2015
The eyes of one speaking must, involuntarily, be drawn to her because she was listening, if I may coin a phrase, vividly.
From The Brown Study by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
