mettere in dubbio

Italian

Etymology

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

Verb

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.