put a construction on sth
put a construction on sth FORMAL1 F0 to understand something in a particular way: » How can they put such a damning construction on a perfectly innocent phrase?Thesaurus+: ↑Judgments and analyses2 F0 to understand something as having a particular meaning, especially other people's actions and statements: » I don't want them to put the wrong construction on my actions.→ SEE CONSTRUE(Cf. ↑construe)Thesaurus+: ↑Judgments and analysesMain Entry: ↑construction
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