Grammar .

a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.

(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.

Rhetoric . a word or group of spoken words that the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit and is preceded and followed by pauses.

a characteristic, current, or proverbial expression

a hackneyed phrase.

Music . a division of a composition, commonly a passage of four or eight measures, forming part of a period.

a way of speaking, mode of expression, or phraseology

a book written in the phrase of the West.

a brief utterance or remark

In a phrase, he's a dishonest man.

Dance . a sequence of motions making up part of a choreographic pattern.

to express or word in a particular way

to phrase an apology well.

to express in words

to phrase one's thoughts.

Music .

to mark off or bring out the phrases of (a piece), esp. in execution.

to group (notes) into a phrase.

Music . to perform a passage or piece with proper phrasing.

noun

byword , catchphrase , catchword , diction , expression , idiom , locution , maxim , motto , parlance , phraseology , phrasing , remark , saying , shibboleth , slogan , styling , tag , terminology , utterance , verbalism , verbiage , watchword , wordage , wording , catch phrase , construction , lexiphanicism , neologism , parenthesis , syntax , word

verb

couch , formulate , frame , present , put , put into words , say , term , utter , voice , word , express , cliche , diction , idiom , motto , proverb , saying , slogan , state , verbiage