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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Thanks to the art of distraction via a congo line and a chess game, Rinna and Rausch managed to murder Cesternino (who, mind you, predicted the murder in plain sight earlier in the night!
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
That doesn’t mean the most live viewers, mind you.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
All of these figures are with the sidecar attached, mind you.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
All the things everyone says Macklin Celebrini is — correctly, mind you — apply to Bedard this season, too.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
That doesn’t mean the most live viewers, mind you.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
All of these figures are with the sidecar attached, mind you.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
All the things everyone says Macklin Celebrini is — correctly, mind you — apply to Bedard this season, too.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
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 13 Jan. 2026.
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