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twist someone's words

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
twist -some-one's -words
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Inflected Forms

twists someone's words (present, singular) twisting someone's words (participle, present) twisted someone's words (participle, past) twisted someone's words (past)

Questions

What does twist someone's words mean?
To deliberately misconstrue what someone has said; to put words in someone's mouth

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