"I told you so" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} I told you so
  1. Used to remind someone that they were already warned by the speaker/writer that a certain event would happen. Synonyms: told you so, told you, I told you, What did I tell you Translations (told you so!): قُلْتُ لَكَ ذٰلِكَ (qultu laka ḏālika) [masculine] (Arabic), قُلْتُ لَكِ ذٰلِكَ (qultu laki ḏālika) [feminine] (Arabic), 我說什麼來著 (Chinese Mandarin), 我说什么来著 (wǒ shuō shénme láizhe) (Chinese Mandarin), 我说什么来着 (wǒ shuō shénme láizhe) (Chinese Mandarin), hvad sagde jeg (Danish), da's wat ik u gezegd heb he! (Dutch), wat heb ik je gezegd? (Dutch), mitä minä sanoin (Finnish), minähän sanoin (Finnish), je te l’avais bien dit (French), ich hab's gesagt (German), nem megmondtam? (Hungarian), apa kataku (Indonesian), nah (Indonesian), te l'avevo detto io (Italian), 言わんこっちゃない (iwan kotchanai) (Japanese), 言っただろ (itta daro) [masculine] (Japanese), 言ったでしょ (itta desho) [feminine] (Japanese), ik heff't seggt [German-Low-German] (Low German), wat heff ik di seggt? [German-Low-German] (Low German), gigii-wiindamoon (Ojibwe), a nie mówiłem? (Polish), eu te avisei (Portuguese), eu avisei (Portuguese), я же тебе́ говори́л (ja že tebé govoríl) (english: said by male) [informal, masculine] (Russian), я же тебе́ говори́ла (ja že tebé govoríla) (english: said by female) [feminine, informal] (Russian), ya te lo dije (Spanish), vad var det jag sa (Swedish), sabi ko sa 'yo eh (Tagalog), ben demiştim (Turkish), ha (Turkish), tôi đã nói như thế rồi mà (Vietnamese)

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