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twist someone's words

twist someone's words verb: to deliberately misconstrue what someone has said; to put words in someone's mouth.

Verb

twist someone's words (third-person singular simple present twists someone's words, present participle twisting someone's words, simple past and past participle twisted someone's words)

  1. To deliberately misconstrue what someone has said; to put words in someone's mouth

Forms of twist someone's words

third-person singular presenttwists someone's words
present participletwisting someone's words
past participletwisted someone's words
pasttwisted someone's words

Questions about twist someone's words

What does twist someone's words mean?
Twist someone's words means to deliberately misconstrue what someone has said; to put words in someone's mouth.
What part of speech is twist someone's words?
Twist someone's words is a verb.
What is the past tense of twist someone's words?
The past tense of twist someone's words is twisted someone's words.

Words near twist someone's words in the dictionary

  1. twist morphisms
  2. twist of fate
  3. twist of the knife
  4. twist someone's arm
  5. twist someone's balls
  6. twist someone's words
  7. twist splice
  8. twist splices
  9. twist the knife
  10. twist the knife in the wound
  11. twist tie

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