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mind you

Adverb

Meaning

mind you

(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly UK) 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.

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Examples

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid. Harlan Ellison

I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become. Azar Nafisi

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you. Chuck Jones

We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything. Dennis Bergkamp

No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease. Dōgen

Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind. Elvis Presley

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