that's not what happened

Meaning

1. Editorial100% of films

   A conversational contradiction: the account, assumption, or intended outcome just stated is false, and events did not go that way.

   That's not what happened.

   Yeah, I know what a GFI is. That's not what happened.

In the movies · 5

• - tried to talk me out of my child... - That's not what happened.Let Him Go2020
• It was supposed to protect us, but that's not what happened.Terminator Genisys2015
• That's not what happened.The Social Network2010
• But again, that's not what happened.Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015
• I never found a gun. That's not what happened.Death on the Nile2022
• Yeah, I know what a GFI is. That's not what happened.Coffee and Cigarettes2004
• 'But no. No, no. That's not what happened. I didn't want to have sex. I felt sick.'National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• What happened? What happened?Spiral2021

Learn it in full scenes

• The Social Network2010
  • Erica Dumps Mark at the Bar
  • Mark Builds Facemash
  • Mark Crashes Harvard's Network
• National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
  • Ensler Lets the Witness Talk
  • Ensler Corners the Witness
  • Tessa Comes Home After the Win

More everyday phrases

• go crazy
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• long time
• you first
• this is crazy
• just hear me out
• missed you
• i need a favor
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• i owe you one
• let me make it up to you
• is there a problem