how do you mean in English

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "how do you mean?"
      },
      "expansion": "how do you mean?",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A request for clarification of what the listener just said."
      ],
      "id": "en-how_do_you_mean-en-phrase-MwC7Jzke",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "what do you mean"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "word": "你這是什麼意思？"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nǐ zhè shì shénme yìsi",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "word": "你这是什么意思？"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "word": "hoe bedoel je?"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "hoe bedoelt u?"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "word": "hoezo?"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "word": "mitä tarkoitat"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "somewhat confrontational",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "word": "miten muka"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "word": "comment ça"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "hogy érti?"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "hogy érted?"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
          "word": "co masz na myśli?"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "how do you mean"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "how do you mean?"
      },
      "expansion": "how do you mean?",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasebook",
        "English phrases"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A request for clarification of what the listener just said."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "what do you mean"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "word": "你這是什麼意思？"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐ zhè shì shénme yìsi",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "word": "你这是什么意思？"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "word": "hoe bedoel je?"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "hoe bedoelt u?"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "word": "hoezo?"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "word": "mitä tarkoitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "somewhat confrontational",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "word": "miten muka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "word": "comment ça"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "hogy érti?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "hogy érted?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a request for clarification of what the listener just said",
      "word": "co masz na myśli?"
    }
  ],
  "word": "how do you mean"
}

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"how do you mean" meaning in English

Phrase