"after you" meaning in English

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Phrase

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 (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 (Polish), по́сле вас (pósle vas) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-after_you-en-phrase-cMKncOHX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "word": "after you, Alphonse"
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          "ref": "1840, William Dimond, Englishmen in India; a comic opera, in three acts, etc., page 73",
          "text": "[Beaufort commands him to go in] No, no, after you, Baron-I insist!",
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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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          "word": "ladies first"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "na u"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "teidän jälkeenne"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "sinun jälkeesi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "après vous"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "nach Ihnen"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pósle vas",
          "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
          "word": "по́сле вас"
        }
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  "word": "after you"
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        },
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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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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "na u"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "teidän jälkeenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "sinun jälkeesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "après vous"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "nach Ihnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peráste",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "περάστε"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peráste prótos",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "περάστε πρώτος"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pósle vas",
      "sense": "polite invitation for another to go first",
      "word": "по́сле вас"
    }
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