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(idiomatic, transitive) To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.

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take out of context

Source Word

take out of context

idiomatic transitive

(idiomatic, transitive) To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.

Japanese Meaning

文脈を考慮せずに（発言や情報を）引用・報じること / 周囲の背景や状況を無視して情報を取り上げること / 意図的に文脈を省略して発言を引用すること

If you take that quote out of context, it can make her comments sound offensive.

その引用を文脈を無視して取り上げると、彼女の発言が不快に聞こえることがある。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, transitive) To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.

The statistics are not very meaningful when taken out of context.

takes out of context

（ present singular third-person ）

taking out of context

（ participle present ）

took out of context

（ past ）

taken out of context

（ participle past ）