put words in somebody's mouth

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To attribute to somebody something he or she did not say; to claim inaccurately that somebody said or intended something.

"I hope I'm not putting words in your mouth. Did you just tell me to go home early?."

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Nearby phrases: put up one's dukes, put up or shut up, put up with, put your hands together, quake in one's boots, quantum mechanics

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