Related Words for turn of phrase

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figure of speech
/x//
Phrase, Noun
idiom
/xx
Noun
façon de parler
xxxxx
Phrase, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
phraseology
xx/xx
Noun
formulation
xx/x
Noun
english
/x
Name
locution
x/x
Noun
term of art
///
Phrase, Noun
byword
/x
Noun
phrase
/
Noun
aphorism
/xxx
Noun
word
/
Noun
quotation
x/x
Noun
colloquial
x/xx
Noun
verbiage
/xx
Noun
irony
/xx
Noun
contradiction in terms
xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
utterance
/xx
Noun
metaphor
/xx
Noun
watchword
/x
Noun
twist
/
Noun
coining
/x
Noun
tone
/
Noun
expressive
x/x
Adjective
wordplay
/x
Noun
term
/
Noun
equivocal
x/xx
Adjective
trope
x
Noun
illiteracy
x/xxx
Noun
exclusive
x/x
Adjective
proverb
/x
Noun
quoting
/x
Verb
term of address
///x
Phrase, Noun
adverbial
x/xx
Noun
dictum
/x
Noun
poem
/x
Noun
tautology
//xx
Noun
style
/
Noun
voice
/
Noun
figure
/x
Noun
oratory
/xxx
Noun
anaphora
x/xx
Noun
guise
/
Noun
conceit
x/
Noun
language
/x
Noun
euphemism
/xxx
Noun
transition
x/x
Noun
anagram
/xx
Noun
strain
/
Noun
expletive
/xx
Noun
adjectival
/xxx
Adjective
big word
//
Name, Name
vocative
/xx
Noun
gloss
/
Noun
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
double meaning
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
understatement
/xxx
Noun
form
/
Noun
oxymoron
x//x
Noun
idiosyncrasy
xxx/xx
Noun
designation
xx/x
Noun
accent
x/
Noun
last word
//
Phrase, Noun
neologism
x/xxx
Noun
statement
/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun
slang
/
Noun
discourse
/x
Noun
honorific
xx/x
Adjective
speak
/
Verb
emphatic
x/x
Adjective
verb
/
Noun
distinctive
x/x
Adjective
deixis
/x
Noun
word of mouth
///
Phrase, Noun
motto
/x
Noun
parlance
/x
Noun
pronominal
x/xx
Adjective
parol
xx
Noun
phrase book
//
Phrase, Noun
usage
/x
Noun
good word
//
Phrase, Noun
diction
/x
Noun
lens
/
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
activate
/xx
Verb
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
adage
/x
Noun
add
/
Verb, Noun
add up
//
Phrase, Verb
addition
x/x
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjective
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
advent
/x
Noun, Verb
adverb
/x
Noun, Verb
allegorical
xx/xx
Adjective
alter
/x
Verb, Noun
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
amend
x/
Verb, Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
anecdote
/xx
Noun, Verb
apparel
x/x
Noun, Verb
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
appellation
xx/x
Noun
applicative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
articulate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
articulation
xxx/x
Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
asylum
x/x
Noun
attach
x/
Verb
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attract
x/
Verb
attributive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
avert
x/
Verb
award
x/
Noun, Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bald
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ballot
/x
Noun, Verb
bat
/
Noun, Verb
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
bend
/
Noun, Verb
betray
x/
Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bight
/
Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
black out
//
Phrase, Verb
boil
/
Noun, Verb
boil down
//
Phrase, Verb
boot
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
break loose
//
Phrase, Verb
breakthrough
/x
Noun, Adjective
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bring
/
Verb
bump
/
Noun, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
bustle
/x
Noun, Verb
buy
/
Verb, Noun
buzzword
/x
Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
car
/
Noun
carbonate
/xx
Noun, Verb
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
catalyze
/xx
Verb
catch fire
//x
Phrase, Verb
catchphrase
//
Noun
categorial
xx/xx
Adjective
cause
/
Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
chill
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chill out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
chuck
/
Noun, Verb
circumference
x/x
Noun, Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
citrate
xx
Noun, Verb
clause
/
Noun, Verb
cliché
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
clitic
/x
Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clot
/
Noun, Verb
clothe
/
Verb
coil
/
Noun, Verb
coke
/
Noun, Verb
combust
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
comeback
/x
Noun, Verb
coming back
/x/
Phrase, Noun
commencement
x/x
Noun
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
commute
x/
Noun, Verb
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
connect
x/
Verb, Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
consult
x/
Verb, Noun
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
contrast
/x
Noun, Verb
conversion
x/x
Noun
convert
/x
Verb, Noun
convince
x/
Verb
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cool it
//
Phrase, Verb
corkscrew
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
couch
/
Noun, Verb
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
counterpart
/xx
Noun, Verb
counterparty
/xxx
Noun
couplet
/x
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crank
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
credo
/x
Noun
crook
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crossing
/x
Noun, Adjective
crossroads
/x
Noun
cue
/
Noun, Verb
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cusp
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
dawn
/
Noun, Verb
deactivate
x/xx
Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decompress
xx/
Verb
deflate
x/
Verb
deflect
x/
Verb
deflection
x/x
Noun
detour
x/
Noun, Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb, Noun
deviation
xx/x
Noun
devote
x/
Verb, Adjective
digression
x/x
Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
disengage
xx/
Verb, Noun
disjunct
x/
Adjective, Noun
disk
/
Noun, Verb
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
diversion
x/x
Noun
divert
x/
Verb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
douse
/
Verb, Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dress
/
Noun, Verb
drive
/
Noun, Verb