BEG TO DIFFER (WITH SOMEONE)

beg to differ (with someone): translation

beg to differ (with someone)

Fig. to disagree with someone; to state one's disagreement with someone in a polite way. (Usually used in a statement made to the person being disagreed with.) •

I beg to differ with you, but you have stated everything exactly backwards.

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If I may beg to differ, you have not expressed my position as well as you seem to think.