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though I say it who should not

though I say it who should not phrase: appended to a statement of self-praise, as a form of modest apology.

Phrase

though I say it who should not

  1. (idiomatic) Appended to a statement of self-praise, as a form of modest apology.
    • We do our own work for ourselves; and do it very well, though I say it who should not.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

Forms of though I say it who should not

alternative formthough I say it who should not say it

Questions about though I say it who should not

What does though I say it who should not mean?
Though I say it who should not means appended to a statement of self-praise, as a form of modest apology.
What part of speech is though I say it who should not?
Though I say it who should not is a phrase.

Words near though I say it who should not in the dictionary

  1. Thoudam
  2. thoued
  3. thouest
  4. though
  5. though but
  6. though I say it who should not
  7. though I say it who should not say it
  8. though I say so myself
  9. thoughbeit
  10. thougheverbeit
  11. thought

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