mince one's words
verb/mɪns wʌnz ˈwɜːdz/UK/mɪns wʌnz ˈwɜɹdz/US
Definitions
Alternative form of mince words.
- My Lord, I must speak out. […] No thinking man can for a moment suppose, that your Lordship's heart is very warm in the cause of a party, which—for I will not mince my words—has betrayed you.
- When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said— / I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, / Hurry up please its time
- Every one of my Committee felt proud of the determined stand of our President [Herbert Smith], who did not mince his words, but spoke straight and to the point.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for mince one's words. 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