coin a phrase

VERB

compose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conceive design devise form invent orchestrate pen produce set up write

STRONG

author cast contrive discover fabricate forge formulate frame ghost ghostwrite imagine indite originate poetize score scribble script time

WEAK

bang out clef comp cook up draw up dream up fudge together knock off knock out make up note down push pencil put down put pen to paper set type turn out whip up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy disorganize ruin

STRONG

demolish lose wreck

WEAK

agitate anger arouse disarrange disperse distress excite scatter upset

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

coin a phrase

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