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A particular turn of phrase: "I had" - on the Isle of Man (5)

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idiom

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'a particular turn of phrase' is the definition.
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'i had on the isle of man' is the wordplay.
'i had' becomes 'i'd' (I'd).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'the isle of man' becomes 'iom'.
'id'+'iom'='IDIOM'

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(Other definitions for idiom that I've seen before include "Peculiarity of phrase in a language" , "Phrase such as over the moon" , "Linguistic peculiarity" , "Colloquialism" , "Expression that does not make literal sense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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