in inverted commas

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in inverted commas (British & Australian)

something that you say when a phrase you are using to describe something is the phrase that people usually use but it does not really show the truth

Usage notes: Inverted commas are a pair of printed marks put at the beginning and end of a word or phrase to show that someone else has written or said it.

They were the kind of well-meaning people that wanted to 'do good' in inverted commas.

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Very rarely, if ever, would Celtic, in inverted commas, play a friendly game," Mowbray said, looking ahead to the European Champions League qualifiers starting on July 29. McDonald warns Celtic of Roar's 'Old Firm' by AFP / AFP Asian Edition Very rarely, if ever, would Celtic, in inverted commas, play a friendly game," Mowbray said, looking ahead to the European Champions League qualifiers starting on July 29. McDonald warns Celtic of Roar's 'Old Firm' by AFP / AFP Global Edition And Brand later told the Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1: "I phoned up Andrew Sachs to apologise for a matter live on radio and Jonathan Ross blurted out an expletive regarding Andrew Sachs's granddaughter who I'd in inverted commas, recently 'met'. 15O GWAND; BBC's fine for Ross and Brand Sachsgate scandal by The Mirror (London, England)			in great demand in great haste in hair in hand in harm's way in harmony in harness in heart of hearts in heat in heaven in heaven's name in high cotton in high dudgeon in high gear in his wisdom in hock in hog heaven in honor of in hopes of in horror in hot pursuit in hot water in hour of need in ink in interest in inverted commas in its entirety in jeopardy in jest in just a minute in just a moment in keeping in keeping with in kind in labor in large part in league in league with in less than no time in lieu of in light of in limbo in line in line for in line with in living memory in loco parentis in love in low cotton in luck in marching order			in horror in hot pursuit In Hot Pursuit/Chase in hot water in hot water in hour of need In house In house In house In house In house counsel In house counsel In House Laboratory Independent Research In House Magazine In House Processing Float In House Processing Floats In House Project In House Services In House Trade In House Trades in hysterics In idle In Ieder Geval In ill part in ink in installments in interest In Internet Relay Chat in intraocular pressure diurnal variations in inverted commas In invitum in irons in irons in irons in irons in issue in its entirety in its entirety in its infancy In Its Original Place in its own right in its present condition in its present form in its present state in iudicium venire in ius vocare In jeopardy in jest in jest In Jesus Name in jig time in jig time In joke In jokes In judiciis minori aetati sucuritur In judicio In judicio non creditur nisi juratis In jure In jure non remota causa in just a minute

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