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told you

told you is the clipping of I told you so.

Meaning of I told you so

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...

Questions about told you

What is told you the clipping of?
Told you is the clipping of I told you so.

Words near told you in the dictionary

  1. told the time
  2. told the truth
  3. told the truth and shamed the devil
  4. told time
  5. told volumes
  6. told you
  7. told you so
  8. told you sos
  9. told'st
  10. told-you-so
  11. told-you-sos

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