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I tell you

I tell you phrase: synonym of I can tell you.

Phrase (1)

I tell you

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Synonym of I can tell you.
    Synonyms:
    I can tell you

Phrase (2)

I tell you

  1. (Singapore, Singlish) Used to draw attention to something one has to say.
    • Today weather fucking hot I tell you.
    • Luckily for us your son earns a good living. I tell you. I don’t know what we did when Jack was in school.1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, page 1, lines 18–20

Synonyms of I tell you

Origin of I tell you

From Etymology 1, or a calque of Hokkien 我共汝講 /我共汝讲 (oá kā lí kóng, “let me tell you something; listen up”).

Questions about I tell you

What does I tell you mean?
I tell you means synonym of I can tell you.
What part of speech is I tell you?
I tell you is a phrase.

Words near I tell you in the dictionary

  1. I spy with my little eye
  2. I stand corrected
  3. I swear
  4. I take it
  5. I tell a lie
  6. I tell you
  7. I tell you what
  8. I think
  9. I think not
  10. I think so
  11. I think therefore I am

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