phrasal idiom

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsidiomidiomatic expressionset phrasephrase

   Broadersaying

   Narrowerruralism

Questions about phrasal idiom

What does phrasal idiom mean?

phrasal idiom means "an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up".

What is another word for phrasal idiom?

Close synonyms include idiom, idiomatic expression, set phrase, phrase. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phrasal idiom a common word?

phrasal idiom is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.