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with all due respect

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with all due respect

with the admiration that is owed With all due respect, I think there are some facts you have not considered.

Usage notes: used to disagree politely with someone

See also: all, due, respect

with all due respect

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]

See also: all, due, respect