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Speak out of turn

of turn in the meeting I was afraid to speak out of turn I was afraid to say something in the wrong way at the wrong time in case I caused off fence okay idiomatic expression nu...

Course: Sounding polite and considerateSection: British politeness idiomsSubtitles: en

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speaking out

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of turn in the meeting I was afraid to

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speak out of turn I was afraid to say

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something in the wrong way at the wrong

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time in case I caused off fence okay

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idiomatic expression number nine is

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quite nice it is to put your foot in it

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so when you put your foot in it you say

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something by accident it's not

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intentional you don't mean to be rude

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but you say something that could upset

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or embarrass somebody so for example I

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asked her when the baby was due but she

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wasn't pregnant

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I really put my foot in it or I asked

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Sarah what her father's name was at the

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party but it wasn't her father it was

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her husband I really put my foot in it

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now number 10 is very simple and it is a

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great way to potentially tell someone

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off to reprimand them to tell them when

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their behavior is wrong and this goes

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for behavior and anything that might

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have been said so the original idiom is

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to be out of order you're out of order

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your behavior was out of order what you

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said was out of order in this case

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you're saying they were wrong they

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behaved in a very bad inappropriate

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wrong

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