construe (something) as (something)
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To view or interpret something in a particular way Although I believe that he's innocent, I can see how one could easily be construe his actions as a crime.
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construe something as something
to interpret something to mean something. Please do not construe this as criticism. We mistakenly construed her comments as positive.
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