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put words in someone's mouth

To encourage or induce someone to appear to assert something by asking a leading question or by otherwise manipulating him or her.
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The defense has contended that the detectives used "psychological threats" to get Mr. Crimmins to make certain admissions and that they "put words in his mouth."

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

Additional definitions for 'put words in someone's mouth':

put words in someone's mouthTo say or imply that someone has said something which he or she did not precisely or directly say.
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Worte in den Mund legen

poner palabras en la boca de alguien

किसी के मुंह में शब्द डालना

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