not to put too fine a point on it
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not to put too fine a point on it
- /nɒt tʊ ˌpʊt tuː ˌfaɪn ə ˈpɔɪnt ɒn ɪt/ UK
- /nɑt tə ˌpʊt tu ˌfaɪn ə ˈpɔɪnt ɑn ət/ US
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A reference to the fact that the speaker is about to say something blunt rather than fine (that is, delicate or subtle).
phrase
- Used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement one is making; to put it bluntly; to express it in plain terms. My little woman is at present in—not to put too fine a point on it—in a pious state, or in what she considers such, and attends the Evening Exertions (which is the name they go by) of a reverend party of the name of Chadband.
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phrase used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement
| Français | si vous me permettez l'expression, pardonnez-moi l'expression, passez-moi l'expression |
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