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excuse you

Meaning

excuse you

(US, Canada) Indignant response to a person who has behaved rudely and failed to apologise.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The man of genius knows what he is aiming at nobody else knows. And he alone knows when something comes between him and his object. In the course of generations, however, men will excuse you for not doing as they do, if you will bring enough to pass in your own way. Henry David Thoreau

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