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kidding aside

kidding aside is the alternative form of all kidding aside.

Meaning of all kidding aside

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

Questions about kidding aside

What is kidding aside the alternative form of?
Kidding aside is the alternative form of all kidding aside.

Words near kidding aside in the dictionary

  1. kiddily
  2. kiddin'
  3. kiddiness
  4. kidding
  5. kidding around
  6. kidding aside
  7. kidding on
  8. kidding on the square
  9. kiddingly
  10. kiddings
  11. kiddiot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kidding aside (page history and authors); all kidding aside (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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