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The phrase "to rephrase" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want someone to express something in different words or to clarify a statement. Example: "Could you please rephrase that question for me? I didn't quite understand it."
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to rephrase
verb
To find a different way to say something
synonyms
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Better to rephrase.
Perhaps better to rephrase.
Perhaps it's time to rephrase that dig.
Faced with his past words, he said he had nothing "to rephrase or apologize for".
Instead of focusing on grandiose and politically fuelled commitments, it is time to rephrase the debate.
To rephrase a well-known adage, occupation corrupts, but prolonged occupation corrupts profoundly.
Meat: ask your butcher if his meat is well hung (no, you'll have to rephrase that).
Or to rephrase Clausewitz's old dictum, was warfare for them just profit by other means?
Or, to rephrase, how confident are you in your ability to take a punch?
To rephrase: We had an election, and Questioningly might have been a distraction.
"If you want to rephrase it would be, I truly wish there was drug testing," he said.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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