"Sir," said Captain Smollett, "with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth. No captain, sir, would be justified in going to sea at all if he had ground enough to say that. 'Don't put words into my mouth that I don't mean,' said Jeremiah, sticking to his figurative expression with tenacious and impenetrable obstinacy: 'I mean dropped down upon me.' 'Don't put words into my mouth,' Loke said when asked if he agreed with the claims made in the audio clip. On being asked if he has rejected resignations of other MLA's, the speaker said: "Please do not put words into my mouth. Their resignation letters are not in a prescribed format. But I don't think he can put words into my mouth because it is not fair. "Don't put words into my mouth here, for goodness sake," says John, cagily, "but Andy Murray has got enormous talent. To falsely attribute a statement or belief to someone. I never said you were lazy—stop putting words in my mouth! Just because the senator has highlighted potential problems with the legislation does not mean that she opposes it. Please do not put words in her mouth like that. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. Put words in someone’s mouth is an idiom that has been in use for hundreds of years. We will examine the meaning of the idiom put words in someone’s mouth, where it came from, and some examples of its idiomatic usage in sentences. To put words in someone’s mouth means to ascribe a quote or a sentiment to someone that is not truly theirs; to say that someone said something that he didn’t say; to say that someone believes something that he doesn’t believe. The phenomenon of putting words in someone’s mouth often happens in politics. It is a manner of distorting the truth. The expression to put words in someone’s mouth is often used in the negative: Don’t put words in my mouth, or I don’t want to put words in your mouth. The phrase put words in someone’s mouth is very old; it has been in use at least since the 1300s. Related phrases are puts words in someone’s mouth, putting words in someone’s mouth. Examples Asked Friday if he agreed the NFL’s response has been insufficient, Flores said, “Nobody’s going to put words in my mouth about how I feel about this, that or the other thing.” (The Palm Beach Post) Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro, who was quoted by Woodward, declared that the reporter “put words in my mouth I never said.” (The Week Magazine) I’d never put words in his mouth, but I think at the time he knew he had more in him. (Rolling Stone Magazine) From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishput words into somebody’s mouthput words into somebody’s mouthspokenCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to tell someone what you think they are trying to say, in a way that annoys them Will you stop putting words into my mouth – I never said I disliked the job. → wordExamples from the Corpusput words into somebody’s mouth• I didn't mean that at all -- you're just putting words into my mouth!• You're putting words into her mouth. You don't know what she thinks.• Stop putting words into my mouth - I never said I disliked the job.• Stop trying to put words into my mouth. What are these? Click on the pictures to check. any musical percussion instrument emitting a ringing tone, such as a glockenspiel, one of a set of hand bells, etcCompare chime 1 (def. 3) nautical a signal rung on a ship's bell to count the number of half-hour intervals during each of six four-hour watches reckoned from midnight. Thus, one bell may signify 12.30, 4.30, or 8.30 a.m. or p.m biology a structure resembling a bell in shape, such as the corolla of certain flowers or the body of a jellyfish British slang a telephone call (esp in the phrase give someone a bell) beat seven bells out of or knock seven bells out of British informal to give a severe beating to bell, book, and candle - instruments used formerly in excommunications and other ecclesiastical acts
- informal the solemn ritual ratification of such acts
ring a bell to sound familiar; recall to the mind something previously experienced, esp indistinctly sound as a bell in perfect condition the bells the ringing of bells, in a church or other public building, at midnight on December 31st, symbolizing the beginning of a new year
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What does it mean to put words in someones mouth?
: to suggest that someone said or meant something that he or she did not actually say or mean.
What is the idiom of by word of mouth?
idiom. : by being told by another person. We learned of this great restaurant by word of mouth.
idiom. to say or do something that you should not have, esp. something that embarrasses someone else: I really put my foot in my mouth – I asked her if Jane was her mother, but she said Jane is her sister.
What does it mean to take the words out of someone's mouth?
idiom. : to say exactly what someone was thinking. I agree! You took the words right out of my mouth!
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