put words in someone's mouth (English, verb)
expansion: put words in someone's mouth (third-person singular simple present puts words in someone's mouth, present participle putting words in someone's mouth, simple past and past participle put words in someone's mouth)
Senses:
glosses: To say or imply that someone has made a statement or remark which they did not precisely or directly make.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To encourage or induce someone to appear to assert something by asking a leading question or by otherwise manipulating the individual.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts words in someone's mouth
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting words in someone's mouth
tags: participle
present
form: put words in someone's mouth
tags: participle
past
form: put words in someone's mouth
tags: past