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do me a favour

do me a favour phrase: used to ask someone for a favour (may be polite or sarcastic).

Phrase

do me a favour

  1. (literally) Used to ask someone for a favour (may be polite or sarcastic).
    • Could you possibly do me a favour and pass me that newspaper?
    • Do me a favour and shut up.
  2. (UK, idiomatic) Expressing incredulity.
    • You expect me to clean up all this mess for you? Do me a favour.
    • Debbie remained seated. "Go to bed," she ordered.
      "With you here? Why what do you think I'll do, cut my throat with an electric razor? I know this dump's enough to drive anybody nuts but do me a favour."2012, Keith Blackburn, Changes in a Landscape, page 134

Questions about do me a favour

What does do me a favour mean?
Do me a favour means used to ask someone for a favour (may be polite or sarcastic).
What part of speech is do me a favour?
Do me a favour is a phrase.

Words near do me a favour in the dictionary

  1. do it yourself
  2. do justice
  3. do loop
  4. do loops
  5. do lunch
  6. do me a favour
  7. do me a lemon
  8. do more harm than good
  9. do n't
  10. do no harm
  11. do not disturb

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