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  • 1excuse my French — (informal) Pardon my bad language ● French * * * pardon/excuse/my French spoken phrase used for saying you are sorry for swearing Thesaurus: ways of saying you are sorry or regret something …

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  • 2if you'll excuse the expression — (if you’ll) pardon/excuse/the expression spoken phrase used for saying you are sorry for using a slightly offensive word or phrase He was, if you’ll pardon the expression, pissed out of his mind. Thesaurus: ways of saying you are sorry or regret… …

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  • 3excuse my French — excuse the expression or excuse my French often humorous used for saying you are sorry for saying something rude …

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  • 4excuse the expression — or excuse my French often humorous used for saying you are sorry for saying something rude …

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  • 5excuse — ex|cuse1 [ ık skjuz ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to forgive someone for something bad they have done, especially something that is not very serious: Please excuse my messy handwriting. excuse someone for (doing) something: I hope you ll excuse us… …

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  • 6excuse — ♦♦♦ excuses, excusing, excused (The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪkskju͟ːs[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪkskju͟ːz[/t]].) 1) N COUNT: oft N for n/ ing, N to inf An excuse is a reason which you give in order to explain why something has been done or… …

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  • 7excuse — 1 verb (T) 1 excuse me spoken a) used when you want to get someone s attention politely, especially when you want to ask a question: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the museum please? b) used to say that you are sorry for doing something… …

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  • 8excuse*/*/ — [ɪkˈskjuːs] noun [C] I 1) a reason that you give to explain why you have done something bad, or why you have not done something that you should have done a reasonable/valid/legitimate excuse[/ex] He made some excuse about having a lot of work to… …

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  • 9excuse — excusable, adj. excusableness, n. excusably, adv. excusal, n. excuseless, adj. excuser, n. excusingly, adv. excusive, adj. excusively, adv. v …

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  • 10excuse — ex•cuse v. [[t]ɪkˈskyuz[/t]] n. [[t] ˈskyus[/t]] v. cused, cus•ing, n. 1) to regard or judge with indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.) 2) to offer an apology for; seek to remove the blame of: He excused his absence by… …

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