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all kidding aside

all kidding aside adverb: used to attempt to state a serious point in a jocular conversation.

Adverb

all kidding aside

  1. (idiomatic, speech act) Used to attempt to state a serious point in a jocular conversation.
    • All kidding aside, I doubt we'll ever bomb Japan as long as [the Japanese] make Epson printers.1983 April 25, Steve Wozniak, letter to the editor, Infoworld
    • "All kidding aside, Carlysle . . ."
      "Carla," I corrected him automatically.
      "I'm too used to thinking of you as 'Carlysle' and male to change both at once . . . All kidding aside, it'd be better for you not to stay on here any longer than the storm."2002, Anne McCaffrey, The Mark of Merlin

Synonyms of all kidding aside

Forms of all kidding aside

alternative formkidding aside

Questions about all kidding aside

What does all kidding aside mean?
All kidding aside means used to attempt to state a serious point in a jocular conversation.
What part of speech is all kidding aside?
All kidding aside is an adverb.

Words near all kidding aside in the dictionary

  1. all is fish that comes to the net
  2. all is not lost
  3. all it's cracked up to be
  4. all jokes aside
  5. all joking aside
  6. all kidding aside
  7. all kinds of
  8. all lives matter
  9. all manner of
  10. all mops and brooms
  11. all motion and no meat

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