strike a false note (English, verb)
expansion: strike a false note (third-person singular simple present strikes a false note, present participle striking a false note, simple past and past participle struck a false note)
Senses:
glosses: To give the impression of being insincere, incongruous or inappropriate.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: strikes a false note
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking a false note
tags: participle
present
form: struck a false note
tags: participle
past
form: struck a false note
tags: past