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"lip service" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English
Example: "She paid lip service to the idea of compromise, but her actions showed that she had no intention of actually considering others' opinions."
Idiom
Lip service.
When people pay lip service to something, they express their respect, but they don't act on their words, so the respect is hollow and empty.
Dictionary
Lip service
noun
Promising but empty talk; words absent of real action or intention.
synonyms
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Lip service does not work.
Lip service doesn't pay the bills.
It's lip service.
Just lip service".
No more lip service.
It's not just lip service.
They paid us lip service.
Paying lip service is easy.
"It was all lip service".
"We paid it lip service.
It paid lip service to prudence.
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