set phrase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.
An idiomatic expression in general.

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set phrase set phrases

From set + phrase.

fixed phrase phraseme fixed expression fixed term

catchphrase cliché collocation colloquialism idiom proverb saying

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