in jest

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in jest

as a joke He called me stupid, then said it was all in jest and he felt really bad about it.

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He said it in jest, I don't believe he said it because he doesn't like us. Cris unfazed by Roo jibe; SOCCER In Brief by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Mr Duncan, the shadow leader of the House and a millionaire from his former career as an oil trader, swiftly issued a statement insisting his remarks had been made in jest. Senior Tory's career in balance by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) But as they say, many a true word is spoken in jest. Ryanair going off its trolleys by The Mirror (London, England)			in hand in harm's way in harmony in harness in heart of hearts in heat in heaven in heaven's name in high cotton in high dudgeon in high gear in his wisdom in hock in hog heaven in honor of in hopes of in horror in hot pursuit in hot water in hour of need in ink in interest in inverted commas in its entirety in jeopardy in jest in just a minute in just a moment in keeping in keeping with in kind in labor in large part in league in league with in less than no time in lieu of in light of in limbo in line in line for in line with in living memory in loco parentis in love in low cotton in luck in marching order in memory of in midair in midst			In House Trades in hysterics In idle In Ieder Geval In ill part in ink in installments in interest In Internet Relay Chat in intraocular pressure diurnal variations in inverted commas In invitum in irons in irons in irons in irons in issue in its entirety in its entirety in its infancy In Its Original Place in its own right in its present condition in its present form in its present state in iudicium venire in ius vocare In jeopardy in jest In Jesus Name in jig time in jig time In joke In jokes In judiciis minori aetati sucuritur In judicio In judicio non creditur nisi juratis In jure In jure non remota causa in just a minute in just a moment in keeping in keeping in keeping In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 in keeping with in keeping with in key in key in key in kind in kind in kind in kind In Kind Distribution In Kind Distributions In Kind Donation In Kind Support and Maintenance

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