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stock phrase

stock phrase noun: a phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them.

Noun

stock phrase (plural stock phrases)

  1. (idiomatic) A phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them.
    • Bart Simpson's stock phrase "I didn't do it" was once lampooned on the show itself.
  2. A cliché.

Forms of stock phrase

pluralstock phrases

Questions about stock phrase

What does stock phrase mean?
Stock phrase means a phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them.
What part of speech is stock phrase?
Stock phrase is a noun.
What is the plural of stock phrase?
The plural of stock phrase is stock phrases.

Words near stock phrase in the dictionary

  1. stock options
  2. stock out
  3. stock outs
  4. stock photo
  5. stock photos
  6. stock phrase
  7. stock phrases
  8. stock picker
  9. stock pickers
  10. stock pigeon
  11. stock pigeons

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