misspoke

«misspoke» in Mova's school dictionary: said something untrue or wrong — often to avoid admitting… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

phrase (verb, past: misspeak, misspeaks, misspoke, misspoken)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, official) said something untrue or wrong — often to avoid admitting a lie. tree →

2) (literal) said the wrong word by accident. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used by politicians and officials to take back a false or embarrassing statement. Register: official, spin; all regions.

examples

• The minister said she misspoke about the numbers. tree →
• Sorry, I misspoke — I meant Tuesday. tree →
• News: The spokesman later said he had misspoken. tree →
• Chat: «misspoke» = got caught tree →
• The teacher misspoke and called me by my sister's name. tree →

note

It can be a real slip of the tongue, or a way to hide a lie. Plain words: said something wrong or false.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «misspoke» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.