snúa út úr

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally "to twist out from".

Verb

snúa út úr

to be intentionally obtuse; to intentionally misinterpret someone's words; to deliberately misconstrue
Vertu ekki að snúa út úr fyrir mér! ― You're deliberately misinterpreting what I said.
to deliberately give a nonsensical response

Derived terms

útúrsnúningur (“intentional misinterpretation”)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.