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A particular arrangement of words, as in I'd never heard that turn of phrase before , or An idiom can be described as a turn of phrase . This idiom alludes to the turning or shaping of objects (as on a lathe), a usage dating from the late 1600s.Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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