I beg your pardon


I beg your pardon

1. I apologize for what I just did or said. Oh, I beg your pardon. I wasn't looking where I was going.2. What did you just say? Could you please repeat that? I beg your pardon, I couldn't quite hear you.3. An expression or exclamation of indignation or incredulous disbelief. A: "I'm afraid we're going to have to cut your funding, effective immediately." B: "I beg your pardon? Who on earth decided that?"4. Could you please give me your attention. I beg your pardon, everyone, but I'd like to get tonight's proceedings underway.5. I believe you are mistaken or incorrect; I beg to differ; I don't agree with you on that. I beg your pardon, but I believe you'll find that our school is actually one of the best in the state.See also: beg, pardon

I beg your pardon

see under beg to differ. See also: beg, pardon

I beg your ˈpardon

(formal)
1 used as a polite way of saying sorry for something you have just said or done: Did I step on your toe? Oh, I beg your pardon!
2 used to ask somebody to repeat what they have just said because you did not hear: ‘It’s on Duke Street.’ ‘I beg your pardon?’ ‘Duke Street.’
3 (especially British English) used to show that you are angry or offended: I beg your pardon! I’d rather you didn’t refer to my father as ‘that fat man’.See also: beg, pardon

beg (someone's) pardon

Used to introduce a polite request.See also: beg, pardon