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be my guest
Idioms and Phrases
Do as you wish. For example, May I drive your car?âSure, be my guest , or Do you mind if I go to the play without you?âNo, be my guest . This expression not only literally invites someone to behave as one's guest (using one's house, belongings, etc.) but also figuratively tells someone to feel free to act as he or she pleases. [ Colloquial ; c. 1950] Also see feel free .Example Sentences
Her high point came when she said, âIf anybody in here wants to argue that the federal government isnât fraudulent in some capacity, then be my guestâŠâ Unasked and unanswered was how much fraudulence Trump is guilty of.
If you think you can get to know a character by reading a Wikipedia page, be my guest.
As Stacey Leasca writes in "Food & Wine," Garten hosted restaurateur Danny Meyer â founder of New York City's Union Square Hospitality Group â on her Food Network show "Be My Guest" and served him a brunch with a "Vanilla Coffee Shakerato."
âItâs in 6/8 time, so if you feel like waltzing, be my guest.â
"Be my guest," Mr. Johnson said as he moved aside.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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