Quote unquote
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English
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Adjective
- (idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) Emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony, as used almost exclusively in spoken language.
- Maybe you should ask your quote unquote friend what happened to the money.
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Translations
- Russian: в кавÑÑкаÑ
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Sentence adverb
- Used in spoken language to delimit a quotation in the same function as quotation marks.
- (spoken) Adam Smith claimed that a capitalist is, quote, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention, unquote.
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