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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

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I have reflected on this and, to coin a phrase, I hate it.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2020

If cracks start appearing in the university system, what, to coin a phrase, is left?

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2018

He had it all, to coin a phrase: family, business, nice house.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2016

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

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