out of context - removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning. : Obama actually said, "We've got to get the job done there, and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there." [8]
out of context - removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning. : Biden actually said that paying higher taxes is the patriotic thing to do for Americans making over $250K.[4]