speak for yourself

speak for yourself
speak for yourself spoken phrase
used for telling someone that your opinion about something is different from theirs

‘No one wants pizza again tonight.’ ‘Speak for yourself! I do!’

Thesaurus: expressions showing anger and used in argumentshyponym arguments and arguingsynonym
Main entry: speak

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speak for yourˈself idiom
(informal) used to tell sb that a general statement they have just made is not true of you

‘We didn't play very well.’ ‘Speak for yourself!’

(= I think that I played well.)
Main entry:speakidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • speak for herself — speak for myˈself/herˈself/himˈself, etc. idiom to express what you think or want yourself, rather than sb else doing it for you • I m quite capable of speaking for myself, thank you! Main entry: ↑speakidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • speak for himself — speak for myˈself/herˈself/himˈself, etc. idiom to express what you think or want yourself, rather than sb else doing it for you • I m quite capable of speaking for myself, thank you! Main entry: ↑speakidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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