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Metaphor Take the words right out of someone’s mouth
Question Meaning What do you mean?
Meaning

To take the words right out of someone’s mouth means to say something that they were just going to say. (Sometimes people leave out the word “right”.)

Question Example Example
Example

“It’s such a sunny day, do you feel like going for a walk?”

“You took the words right out of my mouth! I was just going to ask you exactly the same thing.”

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