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"Q. What is the correct usage of the phrase, 'With all due respect'?
A. It is correctly used to 'soften the blow' when you wish to criticize someone in a diplomatic and nonjudgmental manner, as in: 'With all due respect, you are much worse than Hitler,' or 'No disrespect intended, but you have the intelligence of a macaroon.' "
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