mind you
idiom
informal
—used in speech to give stress to a statement that one is making so that a preceding or following statement will not be misunderstood
His advice wasn't very helpful. I'm not criticizing him, mind you.
—often used in British English without youHis advice wasn't very helpful. I'm not criticizing him, mind!
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Creators Elena Bucaccio, Francesco Arlanch and Matthew Parkhill aren’t especially committed to plausible backstory or character development, mind you.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
By the mid-nineties, the mind you were encouraged to develop, at King’s, was basically unchanged from the one students were expected to form in the mid-fifteen-hundreds.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
And that half-billion is just an estimate, mind you; the final box-office tally on Monday is likely to be even higher.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2025
Better With Butter Vegetable oil was saved for frying in her house (and mind you, my grandma wasn't even Southern).
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
By the mid-nineties, the mind you were encouraged to develop, at King’s, was basically unchanged from the one students were expected to form in the mid-fifteen-hundreds.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
And that half-billion is just an estimate, mind you; the final box-office tally on Monday is likely to be even higher.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2025
Better With Butter Vegetable oil was saved for frying in her house (and mind you, my grandma wasn't even Southern).
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mind you
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“Mind you.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind%20you. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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