misquote
verb/ˌmɪsˈkwəʊt/
/ˌmɪsˈkwəʊt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they misquote | /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊt/ /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊt/ |
| he / she / it misquotes | /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊts/ /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊts/ |
| past simple misquoted | /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊtɪd/ /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊtɪd/ |
| past participle misquoted | /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊtɪd/ /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form misquoting | /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊtɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊtɪŋ/ |
- misquote somebody/something to repeat what somebody has said or written in a way that is not correct
- The senator claims to have been misquoted in the article.
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