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no offense
Idioms and Phrases
Please don't feel insulted, I don't mean to offend you, as in No offense, but I think you're mistaken . This expression, first recorded in 1829, generally accompanies a statement that could be regarded as insulting but is not meant to be, as in the example.Example Sentences
I think he should have ran for president, no offense to Kamala.
Despite Kidmanâs soaring performance, I hated âEyes Wide Shutâ â mostly because of Tom Cruise â no offense, Stanley Kubrick.
The Saints tend to give Tampa Bay problems but New Orleans has no offense and this shouldnât be that close.
The Lakers had virtually no offense outside of Reaves, Davis and James.
Papadakis: âSo should we like move to a conference room? I mean I wouldnât mind more leg room, no offense.â
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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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