From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishif you ask meif you ask meused to emphasize your own opinion He’s just plain crazy, if you ask me. → ask
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if you ask me• All this stuff about poisons in the water supply is a load of hogwash, if you ask me.• The bloke who made up those tests was the real loony if you ask me.• There's more dies than lives in these alleys, if you ask me.• He's just plain crazy if you ask me.• But the policeman wouldn't even have noticed, if you ask me.• Good for him, if you ask me.• Hanging around the house with a parson has saved the day, if you ask me.• He's too keen, if you ask me.• I give him my input if he asks me.• Looks as if it should have been done hours ago, if you ask me.• If you ask me, getting rid of the death tax is the best thing they could do. 