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under the impression
Thinking, assuming, or believing something, as in I was under the impression that they were coming today. This idiom often suggests that the idea or belief one had is mistaken. [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
“But no one voted to deport moms. We were all under the impression we were just getting rid of the gangs, the people who came here in droves.”
Mr Gale said he was under the impression this was for the whole family but he now believes the Home Office only saw this as a report for the parents.
But he met and consulted with an autistic patient and the patient’s mother, who apparently was under the impression that he was a doctor.
But no one, at USC or elsewhere, is under the impression that the Trojans can simply plug someone in place of one of college basketball’s brightest stars either.
She "remained under the impression that her parents had bought the property for her", Sir Laurie added, but had to correct the record when she became a government minister.
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