UNQUOTE Definition & Meaning

unquote

[ uhn-kwoht; contrastively uhn-kwoht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

unquoted, unquoting.

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

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interjection

an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the preceding quotation is finished

verb

to close (a quotation), esp in printing

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of unquote¹

First recorded in 1910–15; un- ² + quote

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“Your mom tells you not to. It’ll, quote, ruin my car, unquote.”

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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.

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“We still got what, two more years, till another quote unquote election?”

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And he said, quote unquote, ‘Go F yourself, madam’.

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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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