stock phrase

English

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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.

See also

• catchphrase

Anagrams

• chokestraps