as one might say
to create or invent a new phrase, saying etc.
something said before using a popular expression or before saying some variation of an expression
to ‘ironically’ express some phrase
to repeat and expression, quotation, etc.
She was, to coin a phrase, as clever as fox.
Sportsmen, to coin a phrase, have become spiteful competitors
Nowadays our media is nothing more than, to coin a phrase, misrepresentation of actual facts.
To hike and camp in the peaceful wilderness is, to coin a phrase, equivalent to getting reborn.
Corrupt politicians through public displays of concern and generosity try to prove that they are, to coin a phrase, pious and innocent.
Oh you know, he is always happy as a lark, to coin a phrase.
There is no origin for this idiom
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definition
Common phrase that has a specific meaning.