put words in someone's mouth
Verb
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Verb
put words in someone's mouth
- (idiomatic) To say or imply that someone has said something which they did not precisely or directly say.
- (idiomatic) To encourage or induce someone to appear to assert something by asking a leading question or by otherwise manipulating him or her.
- (say or imply that someone has said a thing which he or she did not precisely or directly say) twist someone's words
- German: jemanden Worte in den Mund legen
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