"after you" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} after you
  1. A gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker. Derived forms: after you, Alphonse Related terms: ladies first Translations (polite invitation for another to go first): na u (Dutch), teidän jälkeenne (Finnish), sinun jälkeesi [rare] (Finnish), après vous (French), nach Ihnen (German), περάστε (peráste) (Greek), περάστε πρώτος (peráste prótos) (Greek), पहले आप (pahle āp) (Hindi), dopo di te (Italian), بفرمایید (Persian), proszę przodem (Polish), proszę (Polish), по́сле вас (pósle vas) (Russian)
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          "ref": "2005, Keith Dixon, Ghostfires: A Novel, page 4:",
          "text": "After you. I insist. And then that sharklike smile.",
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          "ref": "2007, Paul Verhaeghen, Omega Minor, page 145:",
          "text": "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!",
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          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "teidän jälkeenne"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
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          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "nach Ihnen"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "peráste",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "περάστε"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "peráste prótos",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "περάστε πρώτος"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pahle āp",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "पहले आप"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "dopo di te"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "بفرمایید"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "proszę przodem"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "proszę"
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      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "teidän jälkeenne"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "après vous"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "nach Ihnen"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peráste",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "περάστε"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peráste prótos",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "περάστε πρώτος"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pahle āp",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "पहले आप"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "dopo di te"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "بفرمایید"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "proszę przodem"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "proszę"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pósle vas",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
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  "word": "after you"
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