parrot (someone's) words
parrot (someone's) words
To repeat verbatim what someone else has said or is saying. When you're teaching students a new language, it does them little good to just have them parrot your words—they have to understand the mechanics of the language itself. The three boys encircled the fourth, parroting his words of protest in mocking tones.
See also: parrot, word
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- word for word
- repeat oneself
- repeat (oneself)
- repeat after me
- chalk and talk
- at the chalkface
- delight in
- be one up on (someone or something)
- be one up on someone
- be/get/have one up on somebody