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odd phrase

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odd
adjective
uk /ɒd/ us /ɑːd/
strange ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk /freɪz/ us /freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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Examples of odd phrase


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We have heard some odd phrases in the debate.
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I believe that we should have this perfectly plainly, because these odd phrases are used.
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Some very odd phrases are used in establishing the authority.
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If ever there was an incitement to break the law, couched in rather odd phrases, that was it.
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Those, again, are odd phrases to be coming from the benches opposite.
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I hope that we can have elucidation of this oddphrase.
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It seemed to me a rather oddphrase.
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But his oddphrase conveys the essential difficulty of the task in front of us.
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That appears to me to be rather an oddphrase.
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That may seem an oddphrase, but they should not have to suffer as much as they do.
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They might have added the oddphrase or two at the end and qualified it, but they did not seek to influence it.
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There was, however, little hard news in his speech, so the oddphrase helped.
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It is not very clear what the oddphrase "a free society" means.
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This oddphrase may be due to draftsmanship.
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The amendment would reduce the surcharge on "unearned", as it is called, income—an oddphrase to use considering the circumstances in which people have built up the money.
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It seems a very oddphrase.
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That is an oddphrase.
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That is a very oddphrase to apply to the discussion of what has always been regarded as one of the basic rights of the individual.
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There is always the danger that such documents may sound patronising, and we can always find examples of the oddphrase that is not quite right.
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That oddphrase concerns me.
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