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catch phrase

–noun
1. a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
2. a phrase, as a slogan, that comes to be widely and repeatedly used, often with little of the original meaning remaining.
Also, catchphrase.


Origin:
1840–50; catch(word) + phrase
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catch phrase  
n.  A phrase in wide or popular use, especially one serving as a slogan for a group or movement.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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