coin a phrase
Example Sentences
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To coin a phrase, it's the economy, stupid — or, more to the point, it's how American voters perceive the economy.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2023
If cracks start appearing in the university system, what, to coin a phrase, is left?
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2018
But that assumes that it is those gathered around the Cabinet table who are - to coin a phrase - in control.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2016
But the cap didn’t fit very well, to coin a phrase, so I hung on to the hair around the sides and lost the hair on top.
From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2015
Then, inclining his head with that almost saturnine grace, if one may coin a phrase, which seemed to accompany every movement he made: "Sir, what have I done?" he asked.
From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard