"correct me if I'm wrong" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} correct me if I'm wrong
  1. Used before stating something the speaker believes is true, especially while correcting what another person has said. Synonyms: CMIIW Related terms: is it just me Translations (used before stating something the speaker believes is true): ret mig hvis jeg tager fejl (Danish), sig hvis jeg tager fejl (Danish), medmindre jeg tager fejl (Danish), korjaa, jos olen väärässä (Finnish), korjaa, jos erehdyn (Finnish), korrigier/verbesser mich, wenn ich falsch liege (German), ...was Falsches sage (english: et) (German), sag bescheid, wenn ich falsch liege (German), ..., wenn ich mich irre (German), javíts ki, ha tévedek [informal] (Hungarian), javítson ki, ha tévedek [formal] (Hungarian), rätta mig om jag har fel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-correct_me_if_I'm_wrong-en-phrase-CAa1vNdX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
          "word": "ret mig hvis jeg tager fejl"
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          "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
          "word": "sag bescheid, wenn ich falsch liege"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
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      "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
      "word": "ret mig hvis jeg tager fejl"
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
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      "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
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      "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
      "word": "sag bescheid, wenn ich falsch liege"
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      "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
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      "sense": "used before stating something the speaker believes is true",
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