not mince (one's) words

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: to speak in a very direct and honest way without worrying about offending someone

He doesn't mince words when it comes to giving his opinion about the new law.

Examples of not mince (one's) words in a Sentence

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Mitchell did not mince words when asked about his blunder postgame. —C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024

At his maiden speech to the Politburo, Xi did not mince words about the threat that Bo’s saga represented. —Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021

But let’s not mince words here: there’s no way 8BitDo’s upcoming $100 M Edition of its Retro Mechanical Keyboard will stand up to the legendary IBM Model M keyboards of yore — not in sound, typing feel, or relative chonkiness. —Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 29 May 2024

Trustee Jag Lagthan, meanwhile, did not mince words on her Facebook page. —Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024

The rapper did not mince words, calling out the Recording Academy for failing to recognize his wife with the Album of the Year prize. —Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2024

Pop star Lady Gaga did not mince words in a lengthy Instagram message Monday calling out the negative responses to an International Women’s Day post she was featured in last week with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. —Brooke Sopelsa, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024

The judge did not mince words in his finding that the suit lacked merit and appeared to be a blatant attempt to intimidate researchers and critics. —Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024

And let’s not mince words here: The jerseys look bad. —Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024