a group of two or more grammatically related words that do not form a clause, e.g. a preposition with the words it governs
a brief idiomatic or pithy expression; a catchphrase
She's good at turning a phrase
a mode or form of speech; diction
a group of musical notes forming a natural unit of melody that is usu three or four bars in length
phrasal adj
[via Latin from Greek phrasis, from phrazein to point out, explain, tell]