protest too much
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortened from the lady doth protest too much.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
protest too much (third-person singular simple present protests too much, present participle protesting too much, simple past and past participle protested too much)
- (idiomatic) To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.
Translations edit
insist on something
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