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what was that

what was that phrase: what did you just say? Synonym of say again.

Phrase

what was that?

  1. (colloquial) What did you just say? Synonym of say again.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, was, that.

Forms of what was that

alternative formwhat's that

Questions about what was that

What does what was that mean?
What was that means what did you just say? Synonym of say again.
What part of speech is what was that?
What was that is a phrase.

Words near what was that in the dictionary

  1. what time have you got
  2. what time is it
  3. what up
  4. what was someone smoking
  5. what was someone thinking
  6. what was that
  7. what was your first clue
  8. what way the wind is blowing
  9. what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
  10. what with
  11. what would Jesus do

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