English

Interjection

unquote

1. Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
   • 2012, Jim Broadbent as Vyvyan Ayrs, Cloud Atlas, circa 1:28:04

     Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote.

See also

• quote unquote

Translations

Verb

unquote ‎(third-person singular simple present unquotes, present participle unquoting, simple past and past participle unquoted)

1. (transitive, computing) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.