put (something) in quotes
put (something) in quotes
To surround some piece of writing in quotation marks. So many people put words in quotes when all they're really trying to do is emphasize them. You need to put this sentence in quotes and attribute the original writer in a footnote at the bottom of the page.
See also: put, quote
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put something in quotes
to put quotation marks around writing or printing. Please put this word in quotes, since it means something special the way you have used it here. They put it in quotes so people would know it means something different.
See also: put, quote
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- put in quotes
- the in thing to do
- quote from
- quote from (someone or something)
- scare quotes
- fit around
- fit around (something)
- unquote
- quote unquote
- quote, unquote