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Expression unravels when spoken? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phrase

'expression' is the definition.
(I know that phrase is a type of expression)

'unravels when spoken?' is the wordplay.
'unravels' becomes 'frays' (I've seen this in another clue).
'when spoken?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'frays' sounds like 'PHRASE'.

(Other definitions for phrase that I've seen before include "Short musical passage" , "Group of words within a sentence" , "Saying" , "partial sentence" , "Short, coherent group of words" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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