put words into one's mouth

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[put words into one's mouth] {v. phr.}

To say without proof that another person has certain feelings or opinions; claim a stand or an idea is another's without asking; speak for another without right.

* /When he said "John here is in favor of the idea." I told him not to put words in my mouth./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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