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Meaning of with apologies to | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

A conventional way of attributing credit to somebody whose ideas or works one is adapting or parodying.

Examples

“With apologies to Jonathan Swift, May I make a “modest proposal?””

“Losing one's hearing suggests carelessness at best (with apologies to Oscar Wilde) and damnation at worst (in the biblical sense).”

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

with friends like these, who needs enemies with respect to with- wither- WIWAL WLM