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pardon me

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pardon me also I beg your pardon
1. please repeat what you just said Pardon me - what did you say your name was?
2. I am sorry for what I just did Oh, I beg your pardon! I didn't see your foot there!
3. May I please have your attention? Pardon me, does this train go to Oakland?
4. I do not agree with what you just said Pardon me, but I think you've got it backwards.
Related vocabulary: excuse me
Usage notes: in all cases, I beg your pardon is more formal than pardon me
See also: pardon


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? References in classic literature
But pardon me,' interposed the gentle victim, 'I have not.
In return you must pardon ME, mon cher Marquis, and tell me what you have to do with it.
Pardon me that expression, my brother; it was that of an egotist.
 
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