"under the impression" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-under the impression.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} under the impression, {{en-PP}} under the impression
  1. (idiomatic, followed by a clause) Thinking or making assumptions, often incorrectly. Tags: idiomatic Translations (thinking or making assumptions): siinä käsityksessä (Finnish), έχω την εντύπωση (écho tin entýposi) (Greek), と感じて (to kanjite) (Japanese), moehewa (Maori)
    Sense id: en-under_the_impression-en-prep_phrase--QYlXbVO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for under the impression meaning in English (1.8kB)

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