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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Cole – playing his first game in a ballpark with three levels, mind you – tracked the ball to the wall, leaped, and robbed Olson of his 24th home run of the year.
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Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
None of this is utterly shocking, mind you.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Whereas Gamow had a scheme that the elements of the periodic table were forged in an early, hot, nucleosynthetic state shortly after the onset of the hot Big Bang, Hoyle claimed, correctly mind you, that the nuclear physics simply wouldn’t work out.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
With the damn flash on, mind you.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
None of this is utterly shocking, mind you.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Whereas Gamow had a scheme that the elements of the periodic table were forged in an early, hot, nucleosynthetic state shortly after the onset of the hot Big Bang, Hoyle claimed, correctly mind you, that the nuclear physics simply wouldn’t work out.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
With the damn flash on, mind you.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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