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phrase
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phrase
1. Music a small group of notes forming a coherent unit of melody
2. (in choreography) a short sequence of dance movements


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In other words, when someone complains of being knocked out after cleaning house, it's likely more than just a turn of phrase.
The world has not heard a turn of phrase like hers since C.
In a letter we are forced to fashion our link with this faraway soul by means of a narrow line of words, a thin message stripped of the rich timbre of our voice, the palpable warmth of our smile, or the sweet embrace of our arms, and decorated only by a turn of phrase and the flourish of our handwriting or signature.
 
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