joking aside

joking aside or joking apart  {v. phr.},  {informal}
No fooling; without exaggerating: seriously.
Joking aside, although the conditions were not very comfortable, we had a wonderful time.
Joking apart, there must have been over a hundred people in the room.
Categories: informal verb

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