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  • noun grammar A common expression whose wording is not subject to variation.
  • noun grammar A common expression whose words cannot be replaced by synonymous words without compromising the meaning.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

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