The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RESTATE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result RESTATE
- Car plunged under river, say — not for the first time
- Phrase otherwise concerning Washington, for example
- Report again gets the others worried
- Take it easy having had meal, say – not for the first time
- After break had meal and set out again
- Otherwise express runs to European country
- Find time during Easter, getting excited to set forth again
- Go over and about country
- Say again others consumed
- To put it differently, others dined
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The straight part
We know that "Phrase otherwise" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case phrase otherwise = restate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RESTATE mean?
RESTATE verb- To state again (without changing)
- To state differently; to rephrase