coin a phrase
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
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 Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)