"out of the side of one's mouth" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Etymology: Compare out of both sides of one's mouth. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} out of the side of one's mouth
  1. (figuratively) Falsely; untruthfully; inaccurately. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-out_of_the_side_of_one's_mouth-en-prep_phrase-zcNsxFA4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        {
          "text": "speak out of the side of one's mouth",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "talk out of the side of one's mouth",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 15, 7:11 from the start, Vote 2024, in Joseph Camp, director, PBS NewsHour (television production), spoken by Chris Garcia, via Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), archived from the original on 2024-01-15:",
          "text": "He [Donald Trump] says some things that, uh, I don't, don't know where he's getting 'em from. I think he talks out of the side of his mouth before he realizes what he says.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "Falsely; untruthfully; inaccurately."
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          "untruthfully",
          "untruthfully"
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          "inaccurately",
          "inaccurately"
        ]
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        "(figuratively) Falsely; untruthfully; inaccurately."
      ],
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          "text": "speak out of the side of one's mouth",
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          "text": "talk out of the side of one's mouth",
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        "(figuratively) Falsely; untruthfully; inaccurately."
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