Quietly shares out a few words (7)

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phrases

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'words' is the definition.
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'quietly shares out' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'shares' anagrammed gives 'hrases'.
'p'+'hrases'='PHRASES'

'a few' is the link.
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(Other definitions for phrases that I've seen before include "Brief expressions" , "Parts of sentances without verbs" , "Grammatical constituents without finite verbs" , "A group of words standing together" , "Grammatical constituent of a sentence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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