From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnot mince (your) wordsnot mince (your) wordsHONESTto say exactly what you think, even if this might offend people Tom didn’t mince words and told me straight away that I had failed. → mince
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not mince (your) words• Helmut didn't mince any words in his criticism of the department.• That was the great thing about country music, it did not mince words.• Let's not mince words, Cathal Coughlan is the most compulsively watchable frontman in Britain today.• Blue does not mince words, however. 