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them's the facts

them's the facts phrase: those are the facts, that's the truth, that's how it is.

them's the facts: those are the facts, that's the truth, that's how it is
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Phrase

them's the facts

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Those are the facts, that's the truth, that's how it is.
    • The boy was left with Bob Yancy mainly because nobody else would take him. Them's the facts. Now go on!1911, Vaughan Kester, “Law at Balaam's Cross-roads”, in The Prodigal Judge, Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 284963; republished Fairfield, Ind.: 1st World Library Literary Society...
    • ‘Them’s the facts!’ said Brown, taking little trouble to hide his contempt for anyone so stupid as not to understand. ‘The orficers were killed. Couldn’t see it with me own glims ’cos I couldn’t be everywhere at once. But they was dead all right.’1965, Dudley Pope, Ramage, a Novel, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, →OCLC

Questions about them's the facts

What does them's the facts mean?
Them's the facts means those are the facts, that's the truth, that's how it is.
What part of speech is them's the facts?
Them's the facts is a phrase.

Words near them's the facts in the dictionary

  1. them'all
  2. them'en
  3. them'in
  4. them's
  5. them's the breaks
  6. them's the facts
  7. them'un
  8. them-and-us
  9. them-en
  10. them-in
  11. them-un

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