put words into someone's mouth, to
put words into someone's mouth
orput words in someone's mouth
1. If someone puts words into your mouth or in your mouth, they claim that you said something that you did not actually say. She claimed that she had never made that statement and that the interviewer had put words into her mouth.
2. If someone puts words into your mouth or in your mouth, they tell you what they think your opinion is instead of listening to what you say. No, I don't think you're lazy. Hold it, you're putting words into my mouth — I never once said you were lazy!
See also: mouth, put, word
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
put words into someone's mouth, to
To tell or strongly suggest what someone should say. This term is in the Old Testament: “So Joab put the words in her mouth” (2 Samuel 14:3). For a corollary to this cliché, see words right out of someone’s mouth.
See also: put, word
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
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- take the words out of mouth
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- take the words out of someone's mouth
- took the words right out of my mouth
- put words in (one's) mouth
- put words in mouth
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- put words in/into somebody's mouth
- put words into (one's) mouth