phrase

• usually in questions Really admit or intend to say.

  ‘do you mean to say you've uncovered something new?’

  More example sentences

  • ‘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.’