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that's news to me

that's news to me phrase: indicating that one has heard something for the first time or has heard something one did not previously know. Can be used to express doubt.

Phrase

that's news to me

  1. (informal) Indicating that one has heard something for the first time or has heard something one did not previously know. Can be used to express doubt.

Questions about that's news to me

What does that's news to me mean?
That's news to me means indicating that one has heard something for the first time or has heard something one did not previously know. Can be used to express doubt.
What part of speech is that's news to me?
That's news to me is a phrase.

Words near that's news to me in the dictionary

  1. that's it, send tweet
  2. that's just me
  3. that's life
  4. that's me told
  5. that's my
  6. that's news to me
  7. that's on period
  8. that's on periodt
  9. that's right
  10. that's saying something
  11. that's someone's funeral

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