Definition of mean to say in English:
mean to say
phrase
usually in questions Really admit or intend to say.
‘do you mean to say you've uncovered something new?’- ‘What you mean to say is that you intend to resist doing so, which I already knew.’
- ‘I don't necessarily mean to say that I feel that's right.’
- ‘But just because 3 million people buy driving games every year, it doesn't mean to say that they're right.’
- ‘‘You mean to say,’ in tones of mock-surprise, ‘that you do not know everything there is to know?’’
- ‘You mean to say that nothing happened between you guys at all?’
- ‘You mean to say that you have seen all the maids of the land?’
- ‘Do you mean to say that we won't be involved in any of this attack?’
- ‘Do you mean to say that you're not hated for what you did to Grant?’
- ‘I do not mean to say that such exclusions are absolute.’
- ‘But I don't mean to say that I didn't enjoy the kiss.’
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