"what of it" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-what of it.ogg [Australia]
  1. (idiomatic) So what? Who cares? Expresses disinterest, disregard or lack of concern. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Translations (so what): wat dan nog (Dutch), nou en (Dutch), entä sitten (Finnish), mitä sitten (Finnish), mitä väliä (Finnish), na és (Hungarian), e allora (Italian), e daí (Portuguese), что с того́ (što s tovó) (Russian)

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          "text": "Yes, I ate the last cookie. What of it?"
        },
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          "ref": "1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine",
          "text": "\"Hiram took my snowballs.\"\n\"Aw, what of it, kid?\" sneered the bully. \"There's lots more snow. Make yourself another set and see what you can do.\"",
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        "(idiomatic) So what? Who cares? Expresses disinterest, disregard or lack of concern."
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          "sense": "so what",
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          "sense": "so what",
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          "sense": "so what",
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          "sense": "so what",
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          "sense": "so what",
          "word": "e allora"
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          "sense": "so what",
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      "sense": "so what",
      "word": "wat dan nog"
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      "sense": "so what",
      "word": "nou en"
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      "sense": "so what",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "so what",
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      "sense": "so what",
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    },
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      "sense": "so what",
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      "sense": "so what",
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      "roman": "što s tovó",
      "sense": "so what",
      "word": "что с того́"
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