you know what I mean

phrase

You are familiar with the situation I am describing; used to establish common ground with the interlocutor

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Meanings

phraseyou know what I mean?
  1. colloquialYou are familiar with the situation I am describing; used to establish common ground with the interlocutor

    I mean, Psalm 95 was a huge help, but you know what I mean 🙂

    2023 November 16, @cliffduren, Twitter
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    I think there's a value to having a reverence for something bigger than yourself, you know: "There's something out there." Sure, you know what I mean?

    2011, Phil Zuckerman, “Mother Was An Exorcist” (chapter 1), in Faith No More, page 31

    Like when you've sung along with a song a thousand times but you know it so well that the words don't even mean anything anymore. They're just bits of air coming out of your mouth. You know what I mean?

    2001, Susan Perabo, The Broken Places, page 141

    I'm trying not to stare down there / While she talks about her tough time / Girl of your dreams / You know what I mean

    2020, The 1975, “If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)”, in Notes on a Conditional Form, track 16

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hear what i'm sayingyou hear what i'm saying
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you know what I mean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20know%20what%20I%20mean

MLA

“you know what I mean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20know%20what%20I%20mean. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you know what I mean,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20know%20what%20I%20mean.

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