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Discover Ludwig"coin a phrase" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of inventing a new phrase or turning a phrase into a popular saying. For example, "Martin Luther King Jr. coined the phrase 'I have a dream.'".
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coin a phrase
verb
To create a neologism
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They are, to coin a phrase, less metropolitan.
To coin a phrase, it is an omnishambles.
They were, to coin a phrase, all in it together.
To coin a phrase: It's the tax cut, stupid.
To coin a phrase: it isn't rocket science.
It's horses for courses, to coin a phrase.
George is unreliable... untrustworthy... to coin a phrase, a dolt".
It is going, to coin a phrase, swimmingly.
To coin a phrase, that is diddly-squat.
I had, to coin a phrase, been friendbombed.
In Coventry, "it", to coin a phrase, "went off".
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