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Id 0085
Headword Be my guest.
Definition Help yourself.; After you. (A polite way of indicating that one should go first, help oneself, or take the last bit of something.)
Examples Mary: I would just love to have some more cake, but there is only one piece left. Sally: Be my guest. Mary: Wow! Thanks!
Jane: Here’s the door. Who should go in first? Bill: Be my guest. I’ll wait out here. Jane: Why don’t you go first?

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