beg your pardon
Sorry, say again?
Beg your pardon is a polite formula with three main uses: requesting repetition when you didn't hear something Beg your pardon? , apologizing for a minor offense I beg your pardon, I didn't see you there, or expressing polite disagreement or indignation I beg your pardon, but that's not what happened.
The phrase sounds formal or old-fashioned in American English, where "sorry?" or "excuse me?" often substitute.
- excuse meApology for minor intrusion
- I'm sorryExpression of regret
- sorryExpressing regret or apology
- so sorryExpression of regret
- terribly sorryEmphatic expression of regret
forgive · apologize · say what · repeat · mishear · polite · good manners · manners · interruption · courtesy · apology · gracious · humble · formal · Victorian · sneeze · bump · jostle
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- polite phrasesplease, thank you, yes sir, hello, no sir
- Britishnesstea, London, BBC, Big Ben, royal family
beg your pardonshut up
Demand for silence
how dare you · get lost · mind your own business · screw you · go to hell
beg your pardonloud and clear
Audible and unambiguous
understood · got it · crystal clear · I know · copy that
beg your pardonno apologies
unapologetic · deal with it · so what · no regrets · sue me
begged, begging, beggar, beggars, beggarly, your, yours, yourself, yourselves