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put someone in a false position

put someone in a false position verb: to bring someone into a situation where they are sure to be misunderstood by others.

Verb

put someone in a false position (third-person singular simple present puts someone in a false position, present participle putting someone in a false position, simple past and past participle put someone in a false position)

  1. To bring someone into a situation where they are sure to be misunderstood by others.

Forms of put someone in a false position

third-person singular presentputs someone in a false position
present participleputting someone in a false position
past participleput someone in a false position
pastput someone in a false position

Questions about put someone in a false position

What does put someone in a false position mean?
Put someone in a false position means to bring someone into a situation where they are sure to be misunderstood by others.
What part of speech is put someone in a false position?
Put someone in a false position is a verb.
What is the past tense of put someone in a false position?
The past tense of put someone in a false position is put someone in a false position.

Words near put someone in a false position in the dictionary

  1. put round
  2. put salt on someone's tail
  3. put some timber on
  4. put someone hip
  5. put someone in a box
  6. put someone in a false position
  7. put someone in hospital
  8. put someone in mind of
  9. put someone in their place
  10. put someone on blast
  11. put someone on game

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