be under the impression (that) - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe under the impression (that)be under the impression (that)to believe that something is true when it is not ... beundertheimpression(that)FromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishbeundertheimpression(that)beundertheimpression(that)tobelievethatsomethingistruewhenitisnot  I’msorry,Iwasundertheimpressionthatyouwerethemanager.→impressionExamplesfromtheCorpusbeundertheimpression(that)•TheaverageAmericanisunderthemistakenimpressionthatwildliferefugeshavebeensetuptoprotectanimals.•Iwasundertheimpressionthatyoucouldn'tgetaparkingticketonprivateproperty.•Iwasundertheimpressionthatpeoplewhorentedcouncilhouseswouldhavetopaythenewcounciltaxinadditiontotheirrents.•Iwasundertheimpressionthatwesharedcertainthingsequally.•Shemustbeundertheimpressionitwashim.•Becausealcoholisacentralnervoussystemdepressant,manypeopleareundertheimpressionthatitimprovessleep.•Myownservicewasundertheimpressionthatithadthehuntin'andshootin'rightsinthiscountry.•BothHalleandSethewereundertheimpressionthattheywerehidden.•Theywereundertheimpressionthatallstrikeoffenseshadtobeviolentorserious.•Sheseemedtobeundertheimpressionmoreguestswerecoming,butnobodyelseevercame. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Literature Army Electrical Tourism Seealltopics Wordoftheday prophesy tosaywhatwillhappeninthefuture,especiallyusingreligiousormagicalknowledge