English Idioms: Put words in somebody’s mouth

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Put words in somebody’s mouth
Meaning: To attribute to somebody something he or she did not say; to claim inaccurately that somebody said or intended something.
Example: I hope I’m not putting words in your mouth. Did you just tell me to go home early?

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