touché


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
touché /tuːˈʃeɪ/
exclamation
  • 1 (in fencing) used to acknowledge a hit by one's opponent.
  • 2 used to acknowledge a good or clever point made at one's expense.
– origin Fr., lit. ‘touched’, past part. of toucher.
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