(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a small piece of metal which is used as money.
...50 pence ~s.
...Frederick’s gold ~ collection.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.
Jaron Lanier ~ed the term ‘virtual reality’ and pioneered its early development...
VERB: V n
3.
You say ‘to ~ a phrase’ to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliche.
Fifty local musicians have, to ~ a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.
PHRASE
4.
You use the other side of the ~ to mention a different aspect of a situation.
These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the ~ of falling unemployment.
PHRASE: PHR with cl