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after you

after you phrase: a gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.

Phrase

after you

  1. A gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.
    • [Beaufort commands him to go in] No, no, after you, Baron-I insist!1840, William Dimond, Englishmen in India; a comic opera, in three acts, etc., page 73
    • After you. I insist. And then that sharklike smile.2005, Keith Dixon, Ghostfires: A Novel, page 4

after you meaning in Hindi and Persian

after you in Hindi

polite invitation for another to go first
पहले आप pahle āp

after you in Persian

polite invitation for another to go first
بفرمایید

Words formed from after you

Questions about after you

What does after you mean?
After you means a gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.
What is after you in Hindi?
After you in Hindi is पहले आप (pahle āp). See After you meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is after you?
After you is a phrase.

Words near after you in the dictionary

  1. after tastes
  2. after the fact
  3. after the jump
  4. after the Lord Mayor's show
  5. after us the deluge
  6. after you
  7. after you, Alphonse
  8. after't
  9. after-
  10. after-acquired
  11. after-acquired title

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