stock phrase en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(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.
- A cliché.
Forms
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