unquote
verbEtymology From un- + quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.
unquote
particleEtymology From un- + quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.
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Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
- Telegram for the Dover Boys, Messrs. Tom, Dick and Larry, care of Wayward Tavern, Upper Bottleneck, New York, sirs, quote, HEEEELP!, unquote, signed Dora. 35 cents collect.1942, “The Dover Boys at Pimento University” (1:53 from the start), in Chuck Jones, director, Merrie Melodies, spoken by Telegram Boy:
- And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the quote Scene of the Crime unquote.1967, Arlo Guthrie, “Alice's Restaurant Massacree”, in Alice's Restaurant:
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- Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote.2012, Jim Broadbent as Vyvyan Ayrs, Cloud Atlas, circa 1:28:04
- Derived terms
- quote unquote