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with all due respect

with all due respect prepositional phrase: a phrase used before disagreeing with someone or saying something they may find offensive, usually considered polite.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (formal, idiomatic) A phrase used before disagreeing with someone or saying something they may find offensive, usually considered polite.
    • With all due respect, Sir, I don't think that's the case.
    • It seems that you are, with all due respect, wrong in this particular case — as you see the murder took place at three o'clock.

Synonyms of with all due respect

Questions about with all due respect

What does with all due respect mean?
With all due respect means a phrase used before disagreeing with someone or saying something they may find offensive, usually considered polite.
What part of speech is with all due respect?
With all due respect is a prepositional phrase.

Words near with all due respect in the dictionary

  1. with a vengeance
  2. with a view to
  3. with a wet finger
  4. with a will
  5. with ages
  6. with all due respect
  7. with all of one's heart
  8. with all one's ears
  9. with all one's eyes
  10. with all one's heart
  11. with all one's might

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