for the record

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   used to emphasize a point that you are making, so that the person you are speaking to takes notice

2. Oxford20% of films

   used to show that you want what you are saying to be officially written down and remembered

   Can you state your name for the record?

In the movies · 27

• Can you state your name for the record?The Place Beyond the Pines2013
• For the record, I like Eugene Fitzherbert much better than Flynn Rider.Tangled2010
• I just wanna say for the record, um, that I do not want to kill myself, okay?Bo Burnham: Inside2021
• Just for the recordThe Transporter2002
• Just for the recordThe Interview2014
• Just for the record.5 to 72014
• Oh! And for the record...Kill Bill: Vol. 22004
• Just for the record, I quit.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023

Learn it in full scenes

• 5 to 72014
  • Brian Meets Arielle in a Cafe
  • The 5 to 7 Rule
  • Arielle Sets the Rules

From the same entry

• off the record
• put on record
• put the record straight
• a matter of record

More idioms

• get hold of
• get the ball rolling
• in addition
• put mind at ease
• take the easy way out
• the half of it
• stay put
• all at once
• that makes two of us
• for the moment
• don't tell me
• get moving