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idiomcommasin inverted commas BrEBrEspoken used before or after a word or phrase when you want people to understand that it is someone else's phrase or opinion and that you do not agree with it:Rachel has moved to one of those Rudolf Steiner Villages where disabled people live side by side with, in inverted commas, normal people.Jack Nicholson is pretty hard to track down, but I finally managed to get an interview with the great man, in inverted commas, himself.AmE = quote, unquote
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