"you know what" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-you know what.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} you know what
  1. (idiomatic) Used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Synonyms: you know something Related terms: guess what, you know, you-know-what, you know what I mean, if you know what I mean, you know what they say Translations (used to get attention): saps què (Catalan), 你知道吗 (Chinese Mandarin), 我要说 (Chinese Mandarin), tead mis (Estonian), teate mis [plural] (Estonian), tiedätkö mitä [singular] (Finnish), tiedättekö mitä [plural] (Finnish), tu sais quoi (French), vous savez quoi (French), tudod mit (Hungarian), sai cosa (Italian), 있잖아요 (itjanayo) (Korean), 있잖아 (itjana) (Korean), wiesz co (Polish), wiecie co [plural] (Polish), quer saber (Portuguese), știi ce (Romanian), știi ceva (Romanian), зна́ешь что́! (znáješʹ štó!) (Russian), sabes qué (Spanish), vet du vad (Swedish), vet du (Swedish), а зна́єте (a znájete) (Ukrainian)

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