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what do you mean

what do you mean phrase: a request for clarification of an anterior statement or question.

Phrase

what do you mean?

  1. A request for clarification of an anterior statement or question.
  2. An expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement.
    • What do you mean, it was all my fault?
    • What do you frigging mean by waking me up at this time of night?

what do you mean meaning in Persian

what do you mean in Persian

what do you mean? (request for clarification)
منظورت چیست؟ manzuret čist?

Questions about what do you mean

What does what do you mean mean?
What do you mean means a request for clarification of an anterior statement or question.
What is what do you mean in Persian?
What do you mean in Persian is منظورت چیست؟ (manzuret čist?). See What do you mean meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is what do you mean?
What do you mean is a phrase.

Words near what do you mean in the dictionary

  1. what do I know
  2. what do you do
  3. what do you do for a living
  4. what do you know
  5. what do you make the time
  6. what do you mean
  7. what do you say
  8. what do you want
  9. what do you want, a biscuit
  10. what do you want, a cookie
  11. what do you want, a medal

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