quote from (someone or something)
quote from (someone or something)
To write or recite a quotation verbatim from some author or piece of writing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "quote" and "from" to specify what has been quoted. I'd love to quote a few lines from your poem during my speech, if that's all right. It took me a while to realize he was quoting from Shakespeare.
See also: quote
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
quote (something) from someone or something
to recite something verbatim that someone else has said; to recite something verbatim from a printed source. May I quote from your letter of the tenth? Do you mind if I quote a line from Keats?
See also: quote
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- angle
- angling
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- piece out
- involve with
- involve with (someone or something)
- involved with
- arrange for
- arrange for some time
- arrange some music for