| 单词 | don't quote me |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdon't quote me c. transitive. colloquial you can quote me and variants; also don't quote me. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of authority confirmc1290 certify1330 approvec1380 authorizea1393 ratify?a1425 consignc1430 corroborate1530 attest1590 concredit1659 attestate1660 you can quote me1813 1813 R. Cumberland Posth. Dramatick Wks. II. 165 Torrents of tears, and hurricanes of sighs: You may quote me for that. Bad times are coming on. 1919 A. E. Thomas Rainbow i. 14 No, you're not and that's a fact. beast. And you may quote me as saying so to whom it may concern. 1927 E. Hemingway Let. 1 Oct. (2015) III. 300 Clara was looking much better than when she came over and Virginia was looking very badly. But please do not quote me on this. 1953 A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye ii. 12 Of course, I may be wrong—don't quote me, for Heaven's sake. 1973 Times 15 Feb. 18/5 They won't be here at all in three years time. And you can quote me on that too. 1998 A. Rattenbury Casualty (BBC TV rehearsal script) (O.E.D. Archive) 13th Ser. Episode 4. 9 Don't quote me on this, but it sounds like Mark's getting the boot. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 21 Jan. (Mag.) 21 It's a f***ing beezer. And you can quote me on that. < as lemmas |
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