mind you
English
Adverb
mind you
- (idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly UK) Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying
- These shirts are very expensive. Mind you, they are excellent quality.
- 1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 47:
- Mind you, it was not an outing I would recommend as relaxing.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
Translations
introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
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