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coin a phrase

VERB
compose
Synonyms
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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
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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
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destroy disorganize ruin
STRONG
demolish lose wreck
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agitate anger arouse disarrange disperse distress excite scatter upset

Example Sentences

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Kay Mellor was, to coin a phrase, a "proud Yorkshire lass".

From BBC • May 17, 2022

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