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so there

so there interjection: used to express one's defiance.

Interjection

  1. (childish, idiomatic) Used to express one's defiance.
    • Oh, yeah? Well, that's not physically possible for me to do! So there!2007, Curious George

Questions about so there

What does so there mean?
So there means used to express one's defiance.
What part of speech is so there?
So there is an interjection.

Words near so there in the dictionary

  1. so quiet one could hear a pin drop
  2. so quiet you can hear a pin drop
  3. so shoot me
  4. so so
  5. so that
  6. so there
  7. so they had said
  8. so they said
  9. so they say
  10. so to say
  11. so to speak

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