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Definitions of phrase:

part of speech: verb transitive

To express in words.

part of speech: noun

A part of a sentence: a short pithy expression: a form of speech: ( music) a short clause or portion of a sentence.

part of speech: verb

To express in peculiar words; to style.

part of speech: verb transitive

To put into words, especially into suitable words.

part of speech: verb transitive

To express in words: to style.

part of speech: noun

Two or more words containing a particular mode of speech; an idiom; style or manner in writing or speaking.

part of speech: noun

In grammar, a group of related words not containing a subject and a predicate; any brief pithy expression; style or manner of speech.

Usage examples for phrase:

• That is the housemaid's phrase is it not?" "David Elginbrod", George MacDonald

• In the phrase it did for himit finished him, either meaning may be allowed. "The English Language", Robert Gordon Latham

• On his way back to the beach, Kit turned the phrase over and over. "Smoke Bellew", Jack London

• On page 287: the phrase "Modern Magic", Maximilian Schele de Vere