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coin a phrase

VERB
compose
Synonyms
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conceive design devise form invent orchestrate pen produce set up write
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author cast contrive discover fabricate forge formulate frame ghost ghostwrite imagine indite originate poetize score scribble script time
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bang out clef comp cook up draw up dream up fudge together knock off knock out make up note down push pencil put down put pen to paper set type turn out whip up
Antonyms
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destroy disorganize ruin
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demolish lose wreck
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agitate anger arouse disarrange disperse distress excite scatter upset

Example Sentences

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Strikingly, Sir Keir nodded to ex-Chancellor George Osborne’s phrase from the austerity era, telling the audience: "To coin a phrase, 'we’re all in it together'."

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

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

To coin a phrase, Speaker Bercow took back control.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2017

The eyes of one speaking must, involuntarily, be drawn to her because she was listening, if I may coin a phrase, vividly.

From The Brown Study by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)