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What do you want

Meaning

what do you want

(informal) Indicates that the listener is now paying attention to the speaker.
Synonyms: (informal) what, what is it, (informal) yeah, yes

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. Charlie Chaplin

Have taken Trier with two divisions. What do you want me to do? Give it back? George S. Patton

What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties. Katherine Mansfield

What do you want to get done? In what order of importance? Over what period of time? What is the time available? What is the best strategy for application of time to projects for the most effective results? Ted Engstrom

What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never use it for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one objective: power. Jean-Paul Sartre

Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again." "Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?" "Yes. I want to ruin you." "Good," I said. "That's what I want too. Ernest Hemingway

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