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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with all due respect

This Valentine’s Day, with all due respect to Elvis Presley and Etta James, consider dedicating an unorthodox song of your own to your beloved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

"Paris is a tough place to go, but we have always proved that we can compete against anybody and, with all due respect, I think we are going to win the second leg," he said.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025

The nurse, the one who had first sounded the alarm said, “Dr. Glassman, with all due respect, this is not the time to be nursing.”

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023

“Mr. Serafin, with all due respect, your recent behavior, comments and character traits, on and off this board room, have proven over and over to be questionable,” Holmes said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

“Sir, with all due respect, I think it best if we take this one into the stable ourselves,” he said, voice solemn.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray