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I see what you did there

I see what you did there phrase: an expression used to point out that another person's joke or cleverness has been recognized or understood, either to acknowledge its cleverness or alternatively to communicate a lack of amusement.

Phrase

I see what you did there

  1. (Internet, also, humorous, informal) An expression used to point out that another person's joke or cleverness has been recognized or understood, either to acknowledge its cleverness or alternatively to communicate a lack of amusement.
    • Book a tabla now (te-he) www.electromancer.com/artists/squishmusic [Yes, very good, I see what you did there - Ed].2004, Future Music, page 177, column 4
    • Leonard Hofstadter: Of course, we're in different departments. He's an engineer and I'm an experimental physicist. You know, one of guys who examines the building blocks of creation and says: "Hello, maker of the universe. I see what you did there. Good one."2010 November 4, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland, "The Apology Insufficiency", episode 4-7 of The Big Bang Theory, 00:05:03-00:05:19
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Questions about I see what you did there

What does I see what you did there mean?
I see what you did there means an expression used to point out that another person's joke or cleverness has been recognized or understood, either to acknowledge its cleverness or alternatively to communicate a lack of amusement.
What part of speech is I see what you did there?
I see what you did there is a phrase.

Words near I see what you did there in the dictionary

  1. I rest my case
  2. I said what I said
  3. I say
  4. I see
  5. I see London, I see France
  6. I see what you did there
  7. I see you
  8. I see, said the blind man
  9. I shiggy diggy
  10. I shit you not
  11. I should coco

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