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so true

so true

53 6.8
To show you strongly agree with what someone said
  • idiom
  • Informal
: totalmente
  • I completely agree with you; that is so true.
  • Yeah, so true
  • Oh, so true
  • Well, so true

And I thought that is so true and so powerful.

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Examples

  • What you say about the military budget is so true.

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  • That is what's so true about everything in life.

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  • Wow, that is so true on almost everything.

  • Yeah, that is so true, my friends.

  • It's proven so true in my life that you just work hard, people are there for you.

  • Not only that, it's so true, and as a reader, I can totally relate to it.

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  • I think that's so true as we go along these days.

  • I have found all the realities of your article to be so true over the last year.

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  • Haha, that is so true for me, too.

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  • CD, I wouldn't have thought of it, but that's so true.

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Synonyms

indeed
vsso true
∞ 1.0

To emphasize and agree that something is true

is more casual and less formal in tone
precisely
vsso true
367 3.4

Show that something is exactly right or that you agree

is focused on strong agreement rather than factual exactness
true that
vsso true
  • Informal
259 8.1

To say you agree with someone

is stronger and more emphatic while staying informal
true
vsso true
170 2.2

Admitting a point that goes against what you said

focuses on enthusiastic agreement rather than admitting or qualifying
you said it
vsso true
  • Informal
11 7.6

A strong way to agree with what someone says

is more of an exclamation of agreement than endorsement
ain't that the truth
vsso true
  • Informal
6 8.6

Shows strong agreement with something that is clearly true

is similar but less regional and less idiomatic
and how
vsso true
  • Informal
1 8.6

Shows that you agree strongly with what someone says

is emphatic too but usually shorter and more casual

Antonyms

disagreement
231 1.6

A situation when people do not have the same opinion

How True

so true
  • Informal
53 6.8
true
∞ 1.0
false
906 1.0

Surface Forms

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Morphology

so + true

This is a straightforward intensifier + adjective construction: 'so' functions as an intensifier ('very') and 'true' means accurate/correct, so together they yield 'very true' used to express strong agreement. The composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (intensifier + adjective), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The phrase so true uses so to make true stronger, like saying 'very true'. Imagine nodding and saying it when you fully agree with someone. That's why it is used to show 'strong agreement'.