0 a way of saying something:
"Significant other" meaning "partner" - now that's an interesting turn of phrase.
She has a nice turn of phrase, which should serve her well in journalism.
A cleverly constructed sentence, finely wrought witticism or deft turn of phrase needs nothing to clarify or punctuate.
Her ability to capture depths of meaning with a simple turn of phrase means that there is not a dull page in this book.
She has paraphrased the records so that her narrative has a single voice, informal and easy to read and often with a dry turn of phrase.
We eagerly follow the flow of words in the expectation that we are about to come upon something surprising, a new turn of phrase or type of speech.
These two points contrast in singular fashion with the theatrical turn of phrase in the musical writing, in the semantic content and in the treatment of the voice.
I accept that it has been extremely difficult to find a suitable turn of phrase.
That may be a rather infelicitous turn of phrase.
From time to time, we are amused by his turn of phrase.
