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Sparrovv Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

I can't remember off-hand

Is there a better/other expression that I could use, when someone comes to me and asks question, that I don't know the answer from top of my head?
  

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For the negative form, meaning you don't have the answer: I don't remember / recall... off-hand . I don't know...

  • For the negative form, meaning you don't have the answer: I don't remember / recall...
  • off-hand .
  • I don't know...
  • / I couldn't say...
  • off the top of my head .
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For the negative form, meaning you don't have the answer:

I don't remember / recall...off-hand.
I don't know... / I couldn't say... off the top of my head.
I don't have... that information / the answer...at my fingertips.

For the postive form, meaning you gave an answer, but you want to caveat that perhaps this is a quick, not thorough answer:
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