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wouldn't you like to know?

wouldn't you like to know? phrase: used as an evasive response when someone asks a question whose answer the speaker does not want to reveal.

Phrase

wouldn't you like to know?

  1. (informal, sarcastic) Used as an evasive response when someone asks a question whose answer the speaker does not want to reveal.

Questions about wouldn't you like to know?

What does wouldn't you like to know? mean?
Wouldn't you like to know? means used as an evasive response when someone asks a question whose answer the speaker does not want to reveal.
What part of speech is wouldn't you like to know??
Wouldn't you like to know? is a phrase.

Words near wouldn't you like to know? in the dictionary

  1. wouldn't shout if a shark bit him
  2. wouldn't touch with yours
  3. wouldn't work in an iron lung
  4. wouldn't you know
  5. wouldn't you know it
  6. wouldn't you like to know?
  7. wouldn't you say
  8. wouldn't've
  9. wouldn'ta
  10. wouldna
  11. wouldnae

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