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I told you so

/aɪ̯ təʊ̯ld juː səʊ̯/US/aɪ̯ toʊ̯ld ju soʊ̯/

I told you so phrase: used to remind someone that they were already warned by the speaker or writer that a certain event would happen.

Phrase

I told you so!

  1. (informal, ironic) Used to remind someone that they were already warned by the speaker or writer that a certain event would happen.
    • “See that, man!”[…]. Of this he took a taste, and straightening up, looked into my eyes with an expression of elation⁠—as much as to say “I told you so!”1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...
    • For the left, the seismic week delivered an “I told you so” years in the making.2023 April 1, Jonathan Weisman, quoting Donald Trump and Fox News, “Trump and Fox News, Twin Titans of Politics, Hit With Back-to-Back Rebukes”, in The New York Times (A section), New York, N.Y.: The...

I told you so meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

I told you so in Tagalog

told you so!
sabi ko sa 'yo eh

I told you so in Arabic

told you so!
قُلْتُ لَكَ ذٰلِكَ qultu laka ḏālika, قُلْتُ لَكِ ذٰلِكَ qultu laki ḏālika

I told you so in Indonesian

told you so!
apa kataku, nah

I told you so in Vietnamese

told you so!
tôi đã nói như thế rồi mà

Synonyms of I told you so

Forms of I told you so

alternative formI told you
alternative formtold you
alternative formtold you so

Questions about I told you so

What does I told you so mean?
I told you so means used to remind someone that they were already warned by the speaker or writer that a certain event would happen.
What is I told you so in Tagalog?
I told you so in Tagalog is sabi ko sa 'yo eh. See I told you so meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is I told you so?
I told you so is a phrase.
How do you pronounce I told you so?
I told you so is pronounced /aɪ̯ təʊ̯ld juː səʊ̯/ (UK).

Words near I told you so in the dictionary

  1. I think, therefore I am
  2. I think; therefore I am
  3. I think; therefore, I am
  4. I thought you'd never ask
  5. I told you
  6. I told you so
  7. I volunteer as tribute
  8. I want doesn't get
  9. I want my money back
  10. I want to go to the toilet
  11. I want to know

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