mind you
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Colloquial, Idiomatic Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying
- These shirts are very expensive. Mind you, they are excellent quality.
- Mind you, it was not an outing I would recommend as relaxing.1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 47:
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- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN: