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after you

phrase

Definitions

  1. A gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the…

    A gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.

    • [Beaufort commands him to go in] No, no, after you, Baron-I insist!
    • After you. I insist. And then that sharklike smile.
    • We greeted each other when we met in the hallway, from time to time we waited for the elevator together, hands folded behind our backs—no, no, after you, please! No, after you!

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for after you. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA