mettere in dubbio

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to put in doubt. Compare French mettre en doute.

Verb

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méttere in dubbio (first-person singular present métto in dubbio, first-person singular past historic mìsi in dubbio, past participle mésso in dubbio, auxiliary avére)

  1. to call into question; to question; to doubt
    Synonyms: mettere in questione, dubitare di
    • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 25, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      Nel 2011, nessuno metteva in dubbio la nostra limitata influenza in Siria (l'avrebbero fatto in seguito).
      In 2011, no one questioned our limited influence in Syria—that would come later.