coin a phrase
Example Sentences
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Kay Mellor was, to coin a phrase, a "proud Yorkshire lass".
From BBC • May 17, 2022
I have reflected on this and, to coin a phrase, I hate it.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2020
If cracks start appearing in the university system, what, to coin a phrase, is left?
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2018
To coin a phrase, Speaker Bercow took back control.
From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2017
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