you know what
See also: you-know-what
English
editPronunciation
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Phrase
edit- (idiomatic) Used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something.
- Synonym: you know something
- 2001 May 10, "Blake's Attorney on Bakley's Murder", CNN Live (transcript)
- Well, you know what, he's got a cloud over him. You have to live with who you are and make your peace with your maker about what you really are.
- 2009 March 23, Alex Hawgood, “The Three-Ring Circus”, in New York Times[1]:
- Well, I guess I’ve got to say, I love the Madonna one that we did — the Drowned world tour. Actually, you know what? The first Blonde Ambition tour I loved. The “Vogue” thing — that was a memorable moment in my lifetime.
Related terms
edit- guess what
- you know
- you-know-what
- you know what I mean
- if you know what I mean
- you know what they say
Translations
editused to get attention
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