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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

after you en · X

Meanings

  1. A gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.
    • After you. I insist. And then that sharklike smile. 2005, Keith Dixon, Ghostfires: A Novel, page 4:
    • 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! 2007, Paul Verhaeghen, Omega Minor, page 145:
    • [Beaufort commands him to go in] No, no, after you, Baron-I insist! 1840, William Dimond, Englishmen in India; a comic opera, in three acts, etc., page 73:

Deriveds

after you, Alphonse

Relateds

ladies first

Translations (15)

fi sinun jälkeesi (polite invitation for another to go first) · it dopo di te (polite invitation for another to go first) · fr après vous (polite invitation for another to go first) · nl na u (polite invitation for another to go first) · el περάστε πρώτος (polite invitation for another to go first) · ru по́сле вас (polite invitation for another to go first) · fi teidän jälkeenne (polite invitation for another to go first) · el περάστε (polite invitation for another to go first) · de nach Ihnen (polite invitation for another to go first) · cmn 您先請 /您先请 (polite invitation for another to go first) · cmn 您先 (polite invitation for another to go first) · hi पहले आप (polite invitation for another to go first) · fa بفرمایید (polite invitation for another to go first) · pl proszę (polite invitation for another to go first) · pl proszę przodem (polite invitation for another to go first)