so there
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8.3
- idiom
- Informal
:
así que
- So there you have it, those are my favorites.
- so there you go
Examples
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So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen.
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So there you have it, folks.
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So there you have it; the choice is clear.
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So there you have it, my friends.
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So there you have it - my favorite verse of all time.
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So there you have it in a nutshell.
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And Pauline Kael liked it too, so there!
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On the other hand, I still argue that Pink's is way better than Nathan's or any dog in New York, so there.
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So there you go—the negatives all have possible solutions, so I'm all right.
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We made the decision that felt right to us, so there.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The exclamation 'so there!' combines 'so' (intensifier) and 'there' (referring to a prior point), which gives a partial clue that the speaker is emphasizing a previous statement. However, its specific pragmatic force—defiance, finality, or ending an argument—is a discourse-level meaning not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so a B1 learner would likely only partially infer its use without prior exposure.
Etymology
So there comes from the image of a child shouting it to stop a fight. One popular idea is that the child says 'so there' while pointing away or stamping a foot to mean 'I'm right' or 'I'm finished', so the phrase today shows defiance or is used 'to end an argument'.