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no offense

Please don't feel insulted, I don't mean to offend you, as in No offense, but I think you're mistaken. This expression, first recorded in 1829, generally accompanies a statement that could be regarded as insulting but is not meant to be, as in the example.

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Nearby words

  1. no man is an island,
  2. no man's land,
  3. no matter,
  4. no matter how you slice it,
  5. no news is good news,
  6. no one,
  7. no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the american people,
  8. no pain, no gain,
  9. no picnic,
  10. no problem
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.