turn of phrase – English noun declension

English noun forms of turn of phrase

Noun: turn of phrase

Singular	turn of phrase
Plural	turns of phrase

Sample Sentences

"I should call it a most nice sort of surprise," remarked the girl with a quaintly un-English turn of phrase which he had already noticed and thought the most delightful thing in the world. [1922, Dorothy Canfield, “Chapter 43”, in Rough-Hewn:]
This author has a beautiful turn of phrase.

Nouns inflected like turn of phrase

turn of pace, turn of duty, turn of foot, turn of mind, turn of phrase, turn of events, turn on red, turn of the screw, turn of words,

Etymology

Compare trope, with same sense of turn to mean indirect language.