(~s, paraphrasing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ someone or ~ something that they have said or written, you express what they have said or written in a different way.
Parents, to ~ Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health...
I’m paraphrasing but this is honestly what he said.
VERB: V n, V
2.
A ~ of something written or spoken is the same thing expressed in a different way.
N-COUNT: oft N of n