i mean

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   used to explain or correct what you have just said

In the movies · 453

• It was fine. I mean, I wasn't abused or anything.Weekend2011
• I mean, this means we can't drive at night. At all.Wristcutters: A Love Story2007
• Uh, I mean, when you've got an entertainer, sir, of the caliber of Captain Wallace, sir...White Christmas1954
• I mean, no. I mean, yeah.National Theatre Live: Vanya2024
• I mean, maybe.Spider-Man: Far From Home2019
• And I mean...Big Fish2003
• I mean, eventually.Thor: Love and Thunder2022
• I mean "femises."Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder2009

From the same entry

• be meant to be
• mean business
• mean no harm
• mean to say
• mean well
• be no mean
• the happy mean

More idioms

• make it
• that is it
• and everything
• you see
• even if
• tell me
• by herself
• at the least
• on the same page
• make sure
• not necessarily
• or whatever