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forgive my French

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of pardon my French.

Examples

Devlin, forgive my French, but there’s a big fucking conspiracy against you. You’re too young, too pretty, and . . .”
Were the scent of people worked up love-wise (forgive my French, Miss Prissybut if you lived out in you own quarter with all that matrimony in one room, you’d of smelled it, too).”
““The people in the Exumas, where they wanted to host this, they don’t want people there. I mean, Johnny Depp’s our neighbor, okay?” he said. “There’s a reason, forgive my French, but there’s a reason he calls his island Fuck You Island.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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