set phrase
Example Sentences
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Her adult life has been marked by constant war, so much so that “defeating the terrorists” is little more than a set phrase she rolls her eyes at.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2016
"A searing indictment of Thatcher's Britain" became a set phrase if you were suggesting a story at the monthly writers' conference.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2013
In Spanish, it is a set phrase, less dramatic than it sounds when translated literally, but he soon looked pretty silly.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2013
To all these statements and to Rulev's attempts to take my blood pressure, I responded with a single, set phrase: "I refuse to be examined until I'm reunited with my wife."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is, in fact, noticeable that we possess no recognised English set phrase, such as "to startle the Philistine" or "to ruffle the hair of the Philistine."
From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Edward Fordham Spence
