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echo question

noun

, Grammar.
  1. a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?


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Word History and Origins

Origin of echo question1

First recorded in 1955–60

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