catch phrase

catch phrase
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.
[1840-50; CATCH(WORD) + PHRASE]

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