i'll say

Meaning

1. Oxford40% of films

   used for emphasis to say'yes'

2. Editorial30% of films

   Used to lead into a limited concession or one point in someone's favor, as in "I'll say this for/about…" or "I'll say this/that much."

In the movies · 23

• - I'll say. - But I was also first in my radar class...The Pursuit of Happyness2006
• The other one's not in Washington, but that's all I'll say.All the President's Men1976
• I'll say, "Yes, I got the idea years ago.Deathtrap1982
• I'll say.Another Year2010
• I'll say.Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost1999
• Yeah. I'll say.Up in the Air2009
• I'll say it.In America2003
• I'll say good night, then.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022

Learn it in full scenes

• All the President's Men1976
  • Police Arrest the Watergate Burglars
  • Woodward Traces the White House Call
  • Who Gets the Watergate Story
• Deathtrap1982
  • Sidney's Play Flops on Opening Night
  • Sidney Rants About Being Written Out
  • Sidney Plots to Steal a Play
• Another Year2010
  • A Woman Asks for Sleeping Pills
  • Janet Rates Her Happiness
  • Mary Confides in Gerri Over Drinks

From the same entry

• before you can say Jack Robinson
• go without saying
• have something, nothing, to say for yourself
• having said that
• I must say
• I say
• it says a lot, very little, for
• I wouldn't say no
• least said soonest mended
• the less said the better
• never say die
• not say boo to a goose