Usually means: Unique, creative way of expression.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (turn of phrase)

noun:  (countable) An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful.
noun:  (uncountable) A distinctive way of wording things, a distinctive way of writing or speaking.

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