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what can I say

what can I say phrase: indicating that nothing that could be said would add to or improve the situation.

Phrase

what can I say?

  1. (idiomatic) Indicating that nothing that could be said would add to or improve the situation.
    • Near-synonyms: what can you do; it is what it is
    • A: But it's written right there in the instructions!
      B: What can I say? We're not dealing with people who are good at reading, here.

Synonyms of what can I say

Questions about what can I say

What does what can I say mean?
What can I say means indicating that nothing that could be said would add to or improve the situation.
What part of speech is what can I say?
What can I say is a phrase.

Words near what can I say in the dictionary

  1. what are you looking at
  2. what are you smoking
  3. what are you waiting for
  4. what are your pronouns
  5. what can I do you for
  6. what can I say
  7. what can I tell you
  8. what can one do
  9. what can you do
  10. what cheer
  11. what color is the sun in your world

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