correct me if I'm wrong

phrase

Used before stating something the speaker believes is true, especially while correcting what another person has said.

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Meanings

phrase

alternative initialism CMIIW

  1. Used before stating something the speaker believes is true, especially while correcting what another person has said.

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

    2016 July 28, Stephanie Arthur-Worsop, “Opinion: Zoning hard issue to tackle”, in New Zealand Herald, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2016

Translations

Danish ret mig hvis jeg tager fejl, sig hvis jeg tager fejl
  • ret mig hvis jeg tager fejlused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • sig hvis jeg tager fejlused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • medmindre jeg tager fejlused before stating something the speaker believes is true
Finnish korjaa, jos olen väärässä, korjaa, jos erehdyn
  • korjaa, jos olen väärässäused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • korjaa, jos erehdynused before stating something the speaker believes is true
German korrigier/verbesser mich, wenn ich falsch liege, ...was Falsches sage
  • korrigier/verbesser mich, wenn ich falsch liegeused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • ...was Falsches sageused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • sag bescheid, wenn ich falsch liegeused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • ..., wenn ich mich irreused before stating something the speaker believes is true
Hungarian javíts ki, ha tévedek, javítson ki, ha tévedek
  • javíts ki, ha tévedekused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • javítson ki, ha tévedekused before stating something the speaker believes is true
Portuguese me corrija se eu estiver errado, me corrije se eu tiver errado
  • me corrija se eu estiver erradoused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • me corrije se eu tiver erradoused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • me corrija se eu estiver erradaused before stating something the speaker believes is true
  • me corrije se eu tiver erradaused before stating something the speaker believes is true
Swedish rätta mig om jag har fel
  • rätta mig om jag har felused before stating something the speaker believes is true
Cite this entry
APA

correct me if I'm wrong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correct%20me%20if%20I'm%20wrong

MLA

“correct me if I'm wrong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correct%20me%20if%20I'm%20wrong. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “correct me if I'm wrong,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correct%20me%20if%20I'm%20wrong.

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