take the words out of someone's mouth
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Anticipate what someone is about to say; also, completely agree with someone. For example, When you mentioned her dislike of fish you took the words right out of my mouth, or You took the words out of my mouth when you said he was stupid. This idiom was first recorded in 1574.
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take the rough with the smooth, take the starch out of, take the sting out of, take the trouble, take the wind out of one's sails, take the words out of someone's mouth, take the wrong way, take to, take to heart, take to one's heels, take to task
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