with all due respect

Idioms  

1. Although I think highly of you, as in With all due respect, you haven't really answered my question, or With all due respect, that account doesn't fit the facts. This phrase always precedes a polite disagreement with what a person has said or brings up a controversial point. [c. 1800]

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Example Sentences

But, and I ask this with all due respect, is it too late to give this sequel a more clever title?

From Salon

With all due respect to the experts, how will they prevent fraud if their client remains unwilling to enact proven reforms to discourage it?

From The Wall Street Journal

"With all due respect to the Congress, when it reaches my desk, I will veto it," Lula told journalists last week, while acknowledging his veto could be overridden by the largely conservative Congress.

From BBC

"The issue of elections in Ukraine, I believe, depends first and foremost on our people, and this is a question for the people of Ukraine, not the people of other countries. With all due respect to our partners," he said.

From BBC

“With all due respect to the CFTC, it would take years for them to create the regulatory system and oversight that state gaming authorities have in place, which would also create a redundancy for a system that already exists and works exceptionally well,” Kevin F. O’Toole, executive director of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, wrote in a letter to Pennsylvania’s federal lawmakers.

From MarketWatch