if you see what I mean
if you see what I mean is the alternative form of if you know what I mean.
Meaning of if you know what I mean
Phrase
if you know what I mean
- Used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at.
- He seemed a little too interested in the details, if you know what I mean [implying that perhaps he had ulterior motives].
- Used as a rhetorical question to confirm attention, understanding, or agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof; synonym of do you know what I'm saying.
- Then you've got to jiggle it just right, if you know what I mean, before you can get it to come out of there.
Questions about if you see what I mean
- What is if you see what I mean the alternative form of?
- If you see what I mean is the alternative form of if you know what I mean.
Words near if you see what I mean in the dictionary
- if you pay bananas, you get monkeys
- if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
- if you please
- if you say so
- if you see something, say something
- if you see what I mean
- if you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything
- if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
- if you want peace, prepare for war
- if you will
- if you're not Dutch, you're not much
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