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you were saying

you were saying phrase: prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.

Phrase

you were saying?

  1. Prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.
  2. (humorous, sarcastic) Draws attention to something that has just happened that conflicts or contradicts a statement that the interlocutor had just made.
    • A: There isn't much crime around here any more.
      (A and B suddenly witness a crime take place.)
      B: ...You were saying?

Questions about you were saying

What does you were saying mean?
You were saying means prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.
What part of speech is you were saying?
You were saying is a phrase.

Words near you were saying in the dictionary

  1. you think what
  2. you understood
  3. you want a cookie
  4. you want a piece of me
  5. you welcome
  6. you were saying
  7. you what
  8. you will own nothing and be happy
  9. you win
  10. you win some, you lose some
  11. you wish

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