I told you so
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I told you so, his mother said to him.
From Washington Times • May 19, 2023
“It’s satisfying and vindicating. But it’s hard for me to look at it and say, ‘Hey, I told you so.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023
"It was like having someone turning around to the local authority and saying to them on my behalf. I told you so."
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2023
I bring up these predictions not to say "I told you so" or for bragging rights; rather, it is a plea for the reader to take the predictions of the theory seriously.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2021
Nigel hits me with an I told you so nudge.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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