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read sth into sth

Phrasal Verb with read
 
 
/riːd/ verb (past tense and past participle read /red/)

Definition

to believe that an action, remark, etc has a particular meaning when it has not: Don't read too much into anything he says.
(Definition of read sth into sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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