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unquote
[ uhn-kwoht; contrastively uhn-kwoht ]
verb (used without object)
- to close a quotation (often used with the word quote, which notes the opening of the quotation):
The senator said, quote, I am unalterably opposed to this policy, unquote.
unquote
/ ʌˈəʊ /
interjection
- an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the preceding quotation is finished
verb
- to close (a quotation), esp in printing
Example Sentences
“Your mom tells you not to. It’ll, quote, ruin my car, unquote.”
This is saying, oh, when we say deep state, we don’t mean the people who quote unquote weaponized the Justice Department against Trump, we also mean that we’ll decide who’s weaponizing the Justice Department, and that means anybody who doesn’t do what we want.
“We still got what, two more years, till another quote unquote election?”
And he said, quote unquote, ‘Go F yourself, madam’.
So far, the scientists aren’t sure precisely which part of the rumble might be the elephant’s, quote unquote, “name.”
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