Idiom
take out of context
Meaning
To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Do not take my words out of context.”
“The newspaper took his quote out of context, making it seem like he disagreed with the plan.”
“By taking the author's controversial statement out of context, the critics ignored the nuanced argument presented in the rest of the book.”
Examples
simple
“Do not take my words out of context.”
contextual
“The newspaper took his quote out of context, making it seem like he disagreed with the plan.”
complex
“By taking the author's controversial statement out of context, the critics ignored the nuanced argument presented in the rest of the book.”
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