to say that again
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4.2
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
repetirlo
- Can you say that again? I didn't hear you clearly.
- Please say that again
- You can say that again
- Let me say that again
The test for being a good listener is if the other person feels heard, right, say that again, write that down.
- The test for being a good listener is if the other person feels heard, right, say that again, write that down.
- I want you to say that again, Shannon, because people don't understand how deep this goes.
- All right, Now I say that again, not to validate cheating.
Examples
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Oh, yeah, you could say that again.
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We become what we think about. Now let me say that again. We become what we think about.
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And I really want to say that again, but kind of prove what I meant.
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Can you can you say that again straight into this?
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Let me say that again because it is so important in your body.
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Well, you can say that again.
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Could you say that again, please?
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"You can say that again," I said.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Bet you're kind of tired of that hole by now." "You can say that again."
Fiction book (2001) -
"You can say that again," she whispered.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
476
9.9
To ask someone to repeat what they said because you do not believe it
250
8.6
Shows that you agree strongly with what someone says
100
5.9
To say something again to make it clear
89
1.6
Repeat what you just said so others can hear or understand
77
7.6
A strong way to agree with what someone says
23
3.4
To say something again in a different, clearer way
8
7.7
To say the same thing as someone else to show agreement
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
The primary meaning 'ask someone to repeat' is directly and compositionally built from 'say' (speak) + 'that' (the utterance) + 'again' (one more time), so a learner who knows the constituent words can derive the request-to-repeat sense. This verb + object + adverb construction is cross-linguistically common and thus immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner (the secondary emphatic agreement use is pragmatic but still related to the repetition/confirmation notion).
Etymology
Say that again first means you ask someone to say something again so you can hear it a second time. By the same idea, people also use say that again to show strong agreement: if a statement feels very true, you might say it as if you would 'repeat' it, so the phrase can mean 'I strongly agree'.