<p><strong>:&nbsp;</strong>a brief expression</p>

<p>especially&nbsp;<strong>:&nbsp;</strong>one commonly used</p>

<p>2</p>

<p><strong>:&nbsp;</strong>a small unit of a musical passage usually several measures long</p>

<p>3</p>

<p><strong>:&nbsp;</strong>a group of two or more words that express a single idea but do not form a complete sentence</p>

<p>"out the door" in "they ran out the door" is a&nbsp;<em>phrase</em></p>

<p>phrasal&nbsp;</p>

<p>ˈfrā-zəl</p>

<p>&nbsp;adjectivephrasally&nbsp;</p>

<p>-zə-lē</p>

<p>&nbsp;adverb</p>

<p>phrase</p>

<p>2 of 2verb</p>

<p>phrased;&nbsp;phrasing</p>

<p>1</p>

<p><strong>:&nbsp;</strong>to express in words</p>

<p>2</p>

<p><strong>:&nbsp;</strong>to divide into musical phrases</p>

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