odd phrase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoddandphrase
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odd
adjective
uk/ɒd/us/ɑːd/
strange ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk/freɪz/us/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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(Definition ofoddandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have heard some odd phrases in the debate.
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I believe that we should have this perfectly plainly, because these odd phrases are used.
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Some very odd phrases are used in establishing the authority.
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If ever there was an incitement to break the law, couched in rather odd phrases, that was it.
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Those, again, are odd phrases to be coming from the benches opposite.
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I hope that we can have elucidation of thisoddphrase.
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It seemed to me a ratheroddphrase.
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But hisoddphraseconveys the essential difficulty of the task in front of us.
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That appears to me to be rather anoddphrase.
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That may seem anoddphrase, but they should not have to suffer as much as they do.
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They might have added theoddphraseor two at the end and qualified it, but they did not seek to influence it.
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There was, however, little hard news in his speech, so theoddphrasehelped.
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It is not very clear what theoddphrase"a free society" means.
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Thisoddphrasemay be due to draftsmanship.
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The amendment would reduce the surcharge on "unearned", as it is called, income—anoddphraseto use considering the circumstances in which people have built up the money.
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It seems a veryoddphrase.
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That is anoddphrase.
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That is a veryoddphraseto apply to the discussion of what has always been regarded as one of the basic rights of the individual.
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There is always the danger that such documents may sound patronising, and we can always find examples of theoddphrasethat is not quite right.
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Thatoddphraseconcerns me.
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