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quips aside (Quips aside, Newcastle will need to step up their business if they want players in before the preseason trip to Japan, which begins with a match against Urawa Red Diamonds on 31st July.  nufcblog.co.uk aldrignedigen); all kidding aside (In all seriousness; being frank for a moment • Just flew in from Denver, huh? Boy, your arms must be tired! Kidding aside, how was your trip out here? • I give my brother a hard time for the gangly way he runs, but all kidding aside, he's quite a remarkable athlete. thefreedictionary.com Alexander Demidov); joking apart aside (let us stop joking and talk seriously • I feel like going to Timbuctoo for the weekend – but, joking apart, I do need a rest); and now to be serious; enough kidding; not just kidding; joking apart (let us stop joking and talk seriously); jesting apart; joking aside; all kidding aside (Alexey Lebedev); all joking aside (Rust71); jokes aside (She's Helen); all jokes aside (Ralana); in earnest; in good earnest |
