coin a phrase
Example Sentences
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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
To coin a phrase, Speaker Bercow took back control.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2017
But that assumes that it is those gathered around the Cabinet table who are - to coin a phrase - in control.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2016
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