set phrases

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Definition of set phrases in English English dictionary

plural form of set phrase

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set phrase

A common expression whose words cannot be replaced by synonymous words without compromising the meaning

If it proves clearly unfeasible to make the audience laugh at a thin and far-fetched joke, it is always better to change the way the joke works . . . for instance, a pun based on the speaker's taking literally some set phrase or metaphor with a pun based on phonetic similarity.

set phrase

A common expression whose wording is not subject to variation

Bally remarks in passing, as Hall does not, that the inversion in toujours est-il que is part of a set phrase and hence invariable.

Hyphenation

SET phrases

Turkish pronunciation

set freyzız

Pronunciation

/ˈset ˈfrāzəz/ /ˈsɛt ˈfreɪzəz/