phrase
phrase
nounDefinition of PHRASE
a sequence of words having a specific meaning <kids drawing literal representations of the phrase “to rain cats and dogs”>
Synonyms expression, idiom
Related Words cliché (also cliche); locution, term; epithet, expletive, name; byword, cry, motto, shibboleth, slogan, watchword; archaism, colloquialism, euphemism, modernism, neologism, provincialism, vulgarism
Phrases figure of speech
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