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though I say it who should not say it

though I say it who should not say it is the alternative form of though I say it who should not.

Meaning of though I say it who should not

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

Questions about though I say it who should not say it

What is though I say it who should not say it the alternative form of?
Though I say it who should not say it is the alternative form of though I say it who should not.

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

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

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