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you know
You are aware, you see, do you remember, as in She's very lonely, you know, so do go and visit, or You know, this exhibit ends tomorrow, or You know that black dog our neighbors had? She was run over a year ago. This phrase is also quite often a conversational filler, equivalent to “um” and occasionally repeated over and over (as in It's a fine day for, you know, the beach, and, you know, we could leave now); this usage is more oral than written, and many consider it deplorable. [Late 1500s]
Example Sentences
"You know where the murder took place, you can collect DNA and fingerprints, you can find the murder weapon. You have almost immediate access to the body. You can conduct forensic tests."
“You know, like keeping an eye out everywhere and checking my telephone to see where checkpoints are,” he said.
"To me, it makes no difference you know?" he continued, "because he's gone, from ashes to dust and back to God."
As written by Bon Appétit’s former food director Carla Lalli Music, “Zucchini is like the glass of water that’s been sitting on your bedside table while you were away all weekend during a heatwave, and you know your cats have been drinking out of it.”
“I believed all along we were marching towards authoritarianism, and people were telling me in December, ‘You know, you're overreacting.’
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