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he said, she said

he said, she said noun: conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue, prototypically involving a situation between a man and a woman with no other witnesses.

Noun

he said, she said (uncountable)

  1. Conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue, prototypically involving a situation between a man and a woman with no other witnesses.
    • And after he got caught he, along with his attorney, chose the strategy of putting the victim on trial. He said, she said. It was reasonable doubt.1999, The Practice (TV, episode 3.18)
    • "Eddie said that she was into it." "He said, she said. It's about the evidence, Catherine."2000, CSI (TV, episode 1.06)

he said, she said meaning in Arabic

he said, she said in Arabic

conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
قِيل وَقال qīl waqāl

Forms of he said, she said

alternative formhe-said-she-said
alternative formhe say, she say

Questions about he said, she said

What does he said, she said mean?
He said, she said means conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue, prototypically involving a situation between a man and a woman with no other witnesses.
What is he said, she said in Arabic?
He said, she said in Arabic is قِيل وَقال (qīl waqāl). See He said, she said meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is he said, she said?
He said, she said is a noun.

Words near he said, she said in the dictionary

  1. He Devil
  2. He Frowned
  3. he he he
  4. he laughs best that laughs last
  5. he or she
  6. he said, she said
  7. he say, she say
  8. he shoots, he scores
  9. he that mischief hatches, mischief catches
  10. he who denied it supplied it
  11. he who digs a pit for others falls in himself

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