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n. (set phrase English)
Usage examples of "set phrases".
He was awkward with her and used set phrases with signalled irony, as though referring to books or films they both knew.
The business of life is not carried on by words, but in set phrases, each with a special and almost a slang signification.
It meant he had to spend time talking to various officials-not one of whom he knew or recognized-in set phrases designed to give each one his stroke and so activate his loyalty to the crown.
It meant he had to spend time talking to various officials, not one of whom he knew or recognized, in set phrases designed to give each one his stroke and so activate his loyalty to the crown.
There was no sparring for an opening, no dignified parade of set phrases, leading up to the main point.
We dutifully repeated the set phrases, promising to defend the honor, dignity, and person of the emperor and the citizens of the empire wheresoever the need arose, to the last breath of our bodies.