Definition of "unquote" []

• Used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation. (noun)

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• "Until I know where the body of my murdered brother is, I am not giving up and you had better believe it. “perhaps we were looking in the wrong place” quote unquote is not good enough."
• "And you said at that time, quote, "You've got to be kidding?" unquote -- in other words, no way."
• "MAX FRAAD WOLFF: Well, I think that it†™ s a little bit like the Bear Stearns “bailout, †quote-unquote, which is, it†™ s a little bit more funky and a little bit more complicated than it probably needs to be and than it†™ s generally represented in the media."