joking apart

joking apart
See: JOKING ASIDE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • (all) joking apart — (all) joking aside/apart/spoken phrase used before you say something serious after you have been saying something that was intended to be funny Joking aside, she’s a great actor. Thesaurus: expressions used when telling jokeshyponym quali …   Useful english dictionary

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