Meaning of mince one's words | Babel Free

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [C1]

Examples

“My Lord, I must speak out. […] No thinking man can for a moment suppose, that your Lordship's heart is very warm in the cause of a party, which—for I will not mince my words—has betrayed you.”

“When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said— / I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, ⁠/ Hurry up please its time”

“Every one of my Committee felt proud of the determined stand of our President [Herbert Smith], who did not mince his words, but spoke straight and to the point.”

“Dame Naida Glavish did not mince her words when she addressed the newly elected Waitematā Local Board yesterday about the location of the National Erebus Memorial. Before a packed meeting, the fiery Dame said she supports a National Erebus Memorial – but just not in [the] proposed site of the Parnell Gardens, as it means destroying a Pohutukawa that has longer standing than the Treaty of Waitangi.”

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