Depart from its plain meaning/ to be given a distorted meaning
To receive an interpretation that goes beyond the literal meaning of the written words; to take on a broader meaning than what was actually said.
("Rava said: Although throughout the entire Torah a verse does not depart from its plain meaning, here a gezerah shavah comes and..." - Yevamot 24a; and likewise: "This incident does not depart from its plain meaning, and so it was..." - Mendele Mocher Sforim / Travel of Benjamin the Third, 5, 43; and likewise: "Even though the incident cannot be taken away from its plain meaning, it can be expounded" - Agnon / A City and Its Fullness, 618)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצָא מִיְּדֵי פְּשׁוּטוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
קִיבֵּל פֵּירוּשׁ הַחוֹרֵג מֵהַמַּשְׁמָעוּת הַפְּשׁוּטָה שֶׁל הַמִּלִּים הַכְּתוּבוֹת בּוֹ. קִיבֵּל מַשְׁמָעוּת רְחָבָה מִמָּה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר.
("אָמַר רָבָא: אַף עַל גַּב דִּבְכָל הַתּוֹרָה כֻּלָּהּ אֵין מִקְרָא יוֹצֵא מִידֵי פְּשׁוּטוֹ הָכָא אֲתַאי גְּזֵרָה שָׁוָה"-יְבָמוֹת כַּד ע"א, וְכֵן:"מַעֲשֶׂה זֶה אֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא מִיְּדֵי פְּשׁוּטוֹ וְכָךְ הָיָה..."-מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, ה, מג, וְכֵן:"אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין מַעֲשֶׂה יוֹצֵא מִדַּי פְּשׁוּטוֹ לְהִדָּרֵשׁ נִתָּן"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 618)