Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turning a phrase

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
turn-ing a phrase
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of turn a phrase

Questions

What does turning a phrase mean?
present participle and gerund of turn a phrase

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