if I may

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪf aɪ meɪ/

Phrase

if I may

  1. Without any following verb, implies a request to interrupt, to speak at length, or to take control, often when the speaker can introduce new, unexpected information or, alternatively, when the speaker disapproves of how a task was done and proposes to redo it.

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