Dic: put words into someone's mouth

■ [spoken] to tell someone what you think they are trying to say, in a way that annoys them

• Will you stop putting words into my mouth - I never said I disliked the job.

■ to suggest that someone has said something when in fact they have not

.... LDOCE, OALD

■ put words into someone's mouth

1. to represent, often inaccurately, what someone has said
2. to tell someone what to say

..... COLLINS