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here's the thing

here's the thing phrase: precedes the key point of an explanation.

Phrase

here's the thing

  1. (colloquial, informal) Precedes the key point of an explanation.

Questions about here's the thing

What does here's the thing mean?
Here's the thing means precedes the key point of an explanation.
What part of speech is here's the thing?
Here's the thing is a phrase.

Words near here's the thing in the dictionary

  1. here's looking at you
  2. here's luck
  3. here's mud in your eye
  4. here's one I made earlier
  5. here's the deal
  6. here's the thing
  7. here's to
  8. here, here
  9. here, there and everywhere
  10. here, there, and everywhere
  11. here-script

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