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  1. noun A sequence of words intended to have meaning.
  2. noun A characteristic way or mode of expression.
  3. noun A brief, apt, and cogent expression.
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  • While that's not the usual ending to Hollywood's famous "lights, camera, action!" phrase, the phrase is apt in two Mississippi cities - at least for a little while longer.
  • Those of you who watched "Saturday Night Live" in the 1970s, will probably think of Gilda Radner's character, Roseanne Rosannadanna, when you hear those words, but the phrase has been around as long as I can remember.
  • There's an important truth there, but we should always keep in mind that the phrase is a play on an ambiguity. —  Siris
  • In a furious row at Question Time the Tory leader said the Prime Minister's use of the phrase was a "huge mistake". —  Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories
  • This phrase has been around before anyone has even heard of Sarah Palin or Barack Obama for that matter. —  Jack & Jill Politics
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expression ·  language ·  sentence ·  speech ·  statement ·  word ·  verse ·  remark ·  song ·  answer ·  sentiment ·  passage

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin phrasis, diction, from Greek, speech, diction, phrase, from phrazein, to point out, show; see gwhren- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = D. G. phrase = Swedish fras = Danish frase, from French phrase, Old French frase = Spanish frase, frasis = Portuguese phrase = Italian frase, from Latin phrasis, from Greek φράσις, speech, manner of speech, phraseology, expression, enunciation, from φράζειν, point out, show, tell, declare, speak.
  2. = French phraser = Spanish frasear = Portuguese phrasear; from the noun.
 

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