under the impression

English

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Prepositional phrase

under the impression

  1. (idiomatic, followed by a clause) Believing or making assumptions, often incorrectly.
    We opened a store in Beijing under the impression that our product would be popular.
    Under the impression he was about to be fired, he decided to quit.

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