forgive me

idiom

—used in speech as a polite way of starting to say something that may seem rude or unpleasant

Forgive me (for saying so), but I don't think you understood my point.

Forgive me, but something has come up and I have to leave right away.

Examples of forgive me in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Strange New Worlds’s deeply disappointing third season, so please forgive me my current knee-jerk cynicism about genre television. —Lily Osler, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025

In the first photos seen from set, Blunt had a modern—forgive me—blunt take on her ginger flippy lob from the original film. —Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2025

What a beautiful thing about the human species: A creature that actually seeks to feel the stresses of other lives, to feel pity, and hope and sorrow for — well, forgive me, dear friend — the fate of others. —Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 19 May 2025

If this sounds alarmist, forgive me for not caring. —Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025

So please forgive me for my description of Captain Pete Barbano, who roared up to the Montage on his motorboat to ferry me through the coastal waters. —Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025

Celebrate and be happy with me, and forgive me for leaving you. —Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025

And forgive me, but today these are NATO countries. —NBC News, 16 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for forgive me

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