mind you
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6.9
- idiom
- Informal
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eso sí
- And mind you, to this point, what I have told you is all I know, right?
- mind you, just
- Now, mind you
- mind you, even
So I was like, mind you, the engineer's scared to death of Pun.
- So I was like, mind you, the engineer's scared to death of Pun.
- OK, Mind you, they were there the entire time.
- Now, mind you, I did not envision that this was going to go down this way.
- And mind you, to this point, what I have told you is all I know, right?
- I'm very, I mean, mind you, mind you, it's a school assembly.
Examples
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Not every day, mind you, but about 2 to 3 times a week.
Blog text (12) -
It's no trouble at all, mind you.
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OK, Mind you, they were there the entire time.
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Not that I like being in the sea, or being on the sea, mind you, at all, in fact, but I like looking at it.
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I heard it's gonna be a cold one, mind you.
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Not the best, mind you, but not the worst.
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Mind you, I sometimes wonder if people here really appreciate the work that we do.
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Not that I approve of smoking, mind you.
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Mind you, does that mean you and me have to start going to confession?
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Not the best option, mind you, but it works for now.
Synonyms
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1.0
Shows that something is true, often when it is different from what was said
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3.0
To say that something is true, often when it is surprising
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5.6
Shows that something is true despite what people thought
How Conceding
Surface Forms
Morphology
mind + you
‘Mind you’ functions as a pragmatic discourse marker (adding emphasis or a contrastive qualification) rather than composing a literal action from 'mind' + 'you'. While 'mind' can cue attention or 'note that', giving a partial hint to learners, the specific conversational/contrastive use is pragmatic and not fully predictable from the constituents, so a B1 learner who only knows the words may not reliably infer the exact meaning.
Etymology
Mind you comes from using mind to mean 'remember' and saying you to get the listener's attention. So people use mind you after a sentence to add a short 'note', make a contrast, or give more emphasis to what they just said.