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excuse me

Speech parts

1. excuse me - Noun

2. excuse me - Phrase

Meaning

(Canada, US) Said as a request to repeat information.

(Canada, US) Said, as though as a request to repeat information, in order to indicate disbelief or indignation.
It was so hot I took off my clothes and sat by the window to cool off.Excuse me?

Said as a request for an individual's attention.

Said as a request to pass somebody.
Excuse me: can I get through please?

Sorry, as an apology.

(formal) Said as an expression of unexpected or early farewell.
Oh, excuse me, I hadn't realized how late it was. I need to get home and make dinner.

excuse me (plural excuse mes)

An old-fashioned type of dance where partners are constantly changed.

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Examples

Excuse me while I kiss the sky. Jimi Hendrix

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. Camille Claudel

Excuse me please one more drink. Could make it strong cause I don't need to think She broke my heart, my Grace is gone. One more drink and I'll move on. One more drink and I'll be gone. Dave Matthews

Excuse me if I Have some place in my mind Where I go time to time. Tom Petty

Oh my god. I just hung around with an unpretty person. Excuse me while I go home to scrub myself with expensive body wash and a pink loofah, to rid myself of the unpretty germs. Nicole Richie

So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do You see I've forgotten, if they're green or they're blue Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean Yours are the sweetest eyes, I've ever seen. Elton John

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