mind you

idiom

informal

—used in speech to give stress to a statement that one is making so that a preceding or following statement will not be misunderstood

His advice wasn't very helpful. I'm not criticizing him, mind you.

—often used in British English without you

His advice wasn't very helpful. I'm not criticizing him, mind!

Examples of mind you in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Car salesman and lawyers are generally good people, mind you. —

Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024 The duo was about to head to West Hollywood gay club Heart to celebrate the song’s release when the elevator in Cabello’s building — packed with members of both artists’ teams, mind you — broke down. —

Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024 The hotel, mind you, began life as a state-run entity 50 years ago. —

Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2024 Though Transformers movies keep coming in droves and snag millions, only one (a spinoff, mind you) has had critical praise. —

Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024 Now, mind you, mimicking what the structure is is one thing. —

Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024 Recessions don’t suddenly make everything better, mind you. —

Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024 The Huskies, mind you, were leading Stetson by 33 points at intermission of a first round NCAA tournament game on March 22. —

Tim Casey, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 To make this more tenable — not that Trump has shown much interest in the rule of law or the Constitution, mind you — one of Trump or Rubio would have to establish residency outside of Florida. —

Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024

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