correct me if I'm wrong

English

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.
   • 2016 July 28, Stephanie Arthur-Worsop, “Opinion: Zoning hard issue to tackle”, in New Zealand Herald‎^[1]:

     Correct me if I'm wrong but picking the school your children will attend is a relatively important decision for parents.

Synonyms

• CMIIW

Translations

used before stating something the speaker believes is true

• Danish: ret mig hvis jeg tager fejl, sig hvis jeg tager fejl, medmindre jeg tager fejl
• Finnish: korjaa, jos olen väärässä, korjaa, jos erehdyn
• German: korrigier/verbesser mich, wenn ich falsch liege; ... (et)was Falsches sage; sag bescheid, wenn ich falsch liege; ..., wenn ich mich irre
• Hungarian: javíts ki, ha tévedek (informal), javítson ki, ha tévedek (formal)
• Swedish: rätta mig om jag har fel

See also

• is it just me