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turn of phrase
noun as in expression
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noun as in figure of speech
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- adumbration
- allegory
- alliteration
- allusion
- analogue
- analogy
- anaphora
- anticlimax
- antistrophe
- antithesis
- aposiopesis
- apostrophe
- asyndeton
- bathos
- comparison
- conceit
- device
- echoism
- ellipsis
- euphemism
- euphuism
- exaggeration
- expression
- flourish
- flower
- hyperbole
- image
- imagery
- irony
- litotes
- malapropism
- manner of speaking
- metaphor
- metonymy
- onomatopoeia
- ornament
- oxymoron
- parable
- paradox
- parallel
- personification
- proteron
- rhetoric
- sarcasm
- satire
- simile
- stylistic device
- synecdoche
- trope
- tropology
- understatement
- way of speaking
noun as in phrasing
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noun as in style
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noun as in terminology
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noun as in verbalism
noun as in verbalization
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- announcement
- argument
- articulation
- assertion
- asseveration
- commentary
- communication
- declaration
- definition
- delivery
- diction
- elucidation
- emphasis
- enunciation
- execution
- explanation
- exposition
- formulation
- idiom
- interpretation
- intonation
- issue
- language
- locution
- mention
- narration
- phrase
- phraseology
- phrasing
- pronouncement
- remark
- rendition
- speaking
- speech
- statement
- style
- term
- utterance
- vent
- vocalization
- voice
- voicing
- word
- writ
Weak matches
noun as in vocalization
Strong matches
- announcement
- argument
- articulation
- assertion
- asseveration
- commentary
- communication
- declaration
- definition
- delivery
- diction
- elucidation
- emphasis
- enunciation
- execution
- explanation
- exposition
- formulation
- idiom
- interpretation
- intonation
- issue
- language
- locution
- mention
- narration
- phrase
- phraseology
- phrasing
- pronouncement
- remark
- rendition
- speaking
- speech
- statement
- style
- term
- utterance
- vent
- verbalization
- voice
- voicing
- word
- writ
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noun as in wording
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Example Sentences
When reading this advert, you would be forgiven for skimming over the words "first-steps", as a turn of phrase.
"He has got quite a neat turn of phrase that the King will appreciate."
He has a memorable turn of phrase and rises to the occasion.
For Ukrainians, it was a confusing turn of phrase.
Chris Robinson, the actor who played Dr. Rick Webber on “General Hospital” and also introduced America to a classic turn of phrase in a commercial for cough syrup, has died of heart failure.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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