| "I never realized that!" |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2025 |
| "Sorry, what did you say?" expression |
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| "Come again?" |
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| "What?" |
Commuter |
07 Nov 2025 |
| "What'd you say?" |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2025 |
| "What was that?" |
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| "Come again?" |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Aug 2025 |
| "What'd you say?" |
New York Times Mini |
08 Aug 2025 |
| "Really?" |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2025 |
| "Well, how about that!" |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2025 |
| "Well, how about that!" |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jul 2025 |
| "What'd you say?" |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2025 |
| "What did you say?!" |
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| "Say again?" |
USA Today |
08 Jun 2025 |
| "What did you say?" expression |
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| "Say again?" |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2025 |
| "Come again?" |
New York Times |
21 May 2025 |
| "What'd you say?" |
New York Times |
20 May 2025 |
| Bewildered expression |
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| "What?" |
USA Today |
14 May 2025 |
| "Wanna run that by me again?" |
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| "___? What do you mean?" |
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| Sleepy question |
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| "Imagine that!" |
Universal |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Sounds surprising, either way (3) |
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| Exclamation of bewilderment the same from all sides (3) |
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| "Say what?" |
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| "What didja say?" |
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| Quiet when kids finally kicked out, eh? (3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
21 Feb 2025 |
| "I had no idea!" |
Commuter |
12 Feb 2025 |
| "What was that?" |
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| "Sorry, didn't get that" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Feb 2025 |
| "Say what?" |
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| "I didn't catch that" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2025 |
| "Come again?" |
Universal |
28 Dec 2024 |
| "Say what?" |
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| "Whadja say?" |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2024 |
| "Say what?" expression |
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| "What do you mean?" |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Expression of enquiry (3) |
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| "___? What do you mean?" |
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| What? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Oct 2024 |
| "Can you repeat that?" |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2024 |
| "Say what?" expression |
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| Expression of baf ement |
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| "Sorry, I zoned out" |
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| "Come again?" |
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| "What did you say?" |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2024 |
| "Say what?" |
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| "Come again?" |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2024 |
| "Well, that's odd ..." |
New York Times Mini |
18 Jul 2024 |
| "What did you say?!" |
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| "What?" |
TV |
09 Jun 2024 |
| "What did you say?" |
USA Today |
26 May 2024 |
| Bewildered expression |
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| "Weird!" |
Universal |
25 Apr 2024 |
| "Wait … what?" |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2024 |
| "Say what?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Mar 2024 |
| "Whaddya mean?" |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2024 |
| "Well, I'll be" |
Commuter |
17 Feb 2024 |
| "Say that again?" |
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| "What was that?" |
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| "Say what?" |
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| "Say what?" |
Universal |
06 Feb 2024 |
| "Pardon me?" less politely |
Commuter |
25 Dec 2023 |
| "Say what?" |
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| “Say what?” |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Dec 2023 |
| "Say what?" |
Universal |
28 Nov 2023 |
| “Say what?” |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Expression of confusion |
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| "Sorry, what?" |
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| "Say what?" expression |
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| "Say what now?" |
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| "What?" |
Universal |
20 Aug 2023 |
| Request for restatement |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2023 |
| "What was that?" |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jul 2023 |
| "Come again?" |
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| "Say what?" |
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| "Sorry, what?" |
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| "Say what?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 May 2023 |
| "Say what?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 May 2023 |
| "Say what?" |
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| "Say that again?" |
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| Query from the clueless |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2023 |
| "What?!" |
Universal |
08 Apr 2023 |
| 'Say again?' |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2023 |
| "Come again?" |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2023 |
| "Uhh ... wha?" |
Universal |
10 Mar 2023 |
| Question of comprehension |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2023 |
| "I'm sorry, what?" |
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| "What the?" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2023 |
| "What?" |
Universal |
19 Feb 2023 |
| 'Say what?' |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2023 |
| "I don't get it" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2023 |
| "Say what?" |
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| 'Beg pardon?' but way less formal |
Family Time |
19 Dec 2022 |
| 'What did you say?' |
USA Today |
24 Nov 2022 |
| "Say what?" |
Premier Sunday |
13 Nov 2022 |
| 'What was that?' |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2022 |
| "I'm sorry, what did you say?" |
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| "What was that?!" |
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| "Say what?" expression |
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| 'I don't get it' |
USA Today |
25 Aug 2022 |
| "Can you say that again?" |
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| “Say what?” |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jul 2022 |
| "Say what?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jul 2022 |
| 'Come again?' |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Confused one's question |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2022 |
| 'What?' |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Come again, though only occasionally |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jun 2022 |
| "Sorry, what did you say?" |
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| 'That's strange' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| "What was that?" expression |
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| "Beg your pardon?" |
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| “I didn’t expect that!” |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2022 |
| "Come again?" |
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| 'Wait, what?' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Apr 2022 |
| 'Whadja say?' |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2022 |
| 'Wait, what did you say?' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Apr 2022 |
| "Say what?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Apr 2022 |
| "Say what?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Apr 2022 |
| "I'm sorry, what?" |
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| ''What did you say?'' |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2022 |
| "What was that?" |
|
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| “Well, that’s a surprise!” |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2022 |
| ''You said what now?'' |
Family Time |
12 Dec 2021 |
| "Come again?" |
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| "That's odd" |
Universal |
02 Nov 2021 |
| ''Come again?'' |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2021 |
| ''What did you say?'' |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2021 |
| "What's that?" |
Universal |
09 Aug 2021 |
| 'Beg pardon?' |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2021 |
| 'Say it again?' |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2021 |
| "What was that?" |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jun 2021 |
| ''What was that?'' |
Newsday |
09 May 2021 |
| Less formal "Beg pardon?" |
Family Time |
03 May 2021 |
| "Beg pardon?" |
Family Time |
25 Apr 2021 |
| 'Ya don't say!' |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2021 |
| 'What did you say?' |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2021 |
| "Could you repeat that?" |
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| 'What???' |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2021 |
| ''How do you figure THAT?'' |
Newsday |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Exclamation of surprise |
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| "Say what?" |
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| “Run that by me again” |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2020 |
| "Say what?" |
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| Clueless response |
Jonesin |
15 Sep 2020 |
| "What'd you say?" |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Aug 2020 |
| “Well, I didn’t expect that!” |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Aug 2020 |
| "Say what?" expression |
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| Request for restatement |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2020 |
| "___? What do you mean?" (confused exclamation) |
|
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| "Say that again?" |
|
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| "Say what?" expression |
|
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| 'Whaaa?' |
New York Times |
12 May 2020 |
| "Come again?" |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2020 |
| 'Come again?' |
The Washington Post |
09 May 2020 |
| 'Come again?' |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2020 |
| "Say what?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Apr 2020 |
| "Say what?" expression |
|
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| Response to bewilderment |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2020 |
| "Come again?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| 'Hmm, that's odd!' |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2020 |
| "What did you say?" expression |
|
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| "Who woulda thunk ...?" |
|
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| "What did you say?" expression |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| "You said what?" |
|
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| 'You said what?' |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2019 |
| "What?!" |
Universal |
25 Dec 2019 |
| "Umm... what?" |
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| “Imagine that!” |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2019 |
| "Say what?" |
Universal |
26 Nov 2019 |
| 'Say again?' |
New York Times |
11 Nov 2019 |
| Confused response |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Nov 2019 |
| 'Care to repeat?' |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2019 |
| 'Come again?' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
20 Oct 2019 |
| "Say again?" |
|
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| "What did you say?" expression |
|
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| Exclamation of surprise |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
Family Time |
19 Aug 2019 |
| 'Say what?' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Aug 2019 |
| 'Come again?' |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2019 |
| 'Would you repeat that?' |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2019 |
| 'Talking to me?' |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Grunt of surprise |
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| "What the?!" |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2019 |
| 'What the?!' |
The Washington Post |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Bewildered expression |
|
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| '...wait, what?' |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2019 |
| "Say that again?" |
|
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| Bewildered response |
|
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| 'How's that?' |
Premier Sunday |
20 Jan 2019 |
| "Did you say something?" |
Family Time |
13 Jan 2019 |
| "Talking to me?" |
|
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| "Imagine that!" |
|
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| "I hadn't thought about it like that" |
|
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| "...wait, what?" |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| "Would you repeat that?" |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| "Care to repeat?" |
|
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| "What the?!" |
|
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| 'Say again?' |
Premier Sunday |
23 Dec 2018 |
| "What?" |
Family Time |
03 Dec 2018 |
| "Come again?" (expression when you are not following something) |
|
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| 'Say what?' |
The Washington Post |
05 Oct 2018 |
| "Say what?" |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2018 |
| "Come again?" |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| "What?" |
Universal |
24 Jul 2018 |
| Expression for "What!" |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| "'Scuse me?" |
Universal |
09 Apr 2018 |
| "Did you say something?" |
Universal |
11 Mar 2018 |
| "Say what?" |
|
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| "What?" |
|
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| "'Scuse me?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| Sound of bafflement |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2017 |
| 'Say what?' |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Nov 2017 |
| "What did you say?" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Nov 2017 |
| 'What did you say?' |
The Washington Post |
07 Nov 2017 |
| "What?" informally |
Family Time |
23 Oct 2017 |
| Clueless query |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2017 |
| "Excuse me?" (Exclamatory sound) |
|
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| 'Say what?' |
Premier Sunday |
03 Sep 2017 |
| 'What'd you say?' |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2017 |
| ''Say again?'' |
Newsday |
28 Jun 2017 |
| "___? What was that?" (A sound of confusion) |
|
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| ''What did you say?'' |
Newsday |
20 Jun 2017 |
| 'Imagine that!' |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2017 |
| "What do you mean?" |
Universal |
28 May 2017 |
| Question from someone sleepy |
|
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| "What'd you say?" |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2017 |
| "Come again?" |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| "What do you mean?" |
|
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| "What'd you say?" |
|
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| "What'd you say?" |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
|
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| 'What was that?' |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Dec 2016 |
| "Come again?" |
Universal |
05 Nov 2016 |
| 'Could you put that in layman's terms?' |
Jonesin |
25 Oct 2016 |
| 'What'd you say?' |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Sep 2016 |
| ''That's news to me'' |
Newsday |
27 May 2016 |
| "Excuse me?" |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2016 |
| "Excuse me?" |
|
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| 'Wow, I didn't expect that!' |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Dec 2015 |
| "Come again?" |
USA Today |
29 Nov 2015 |
| 'What's that?' |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2015 |
| "How's that again?" |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2015 |
| 'What did you say?' |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Oct 2015 |
| 'Wha'dja say?' |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Sep 2015 |
| "Say what?" |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2015 |
| 'Beg pardon?' |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2015 |
| "Say again?" |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2015 |
| 'Whadja say?' |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Mar 2015 |
| "What was that?" |
Family Time |
04 Jan 2015 |
| "Say what?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| "How's that again?" |
|
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| "Say again?" |
|
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| "Wow, I didn't expect that!" |
|
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| "Live and learn I guess ..." |
|
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| "Beg pardon?" |
|
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| "What's that?" |
|
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| Husband brought to posh hospital for what? |
|
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| "Say again?" |
|
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| Expression of confusion |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| "What?!" |
|
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| Indication that you don't get it |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
|
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| "Could you repeat that?" |
|
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| PJ Harvey "Uh ___ Her" |
|
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| "Whadja say?" |
|
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| Noncommittal response |
|
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| "What?" |
|
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| "That's a surprise" |
|
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| Expression of confusion |
|
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| "What?" |
|
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| "I'm sorry?" |
|
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| "You talkin' to me?" |
|
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| "Whadja say?" |
|
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| "What gives?" |
|
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| "Whadja say?" |
|
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| "What the ...?" |
|
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| "You wanna run that by me again?" |
|
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| Goes with John Mellencamp's "Uh" |
|
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| "I didn't catch that" |
|
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| "Whazzat?" |
|
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| 'How's that?' |
|
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| "How's that again?" |
|
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| "Say that again?" |
|
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| "Beg pardon?" |
|
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| "What'd you say?" |
|
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| "Say that again?" |
|
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| "I don't get it" |
|
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| "'Scuse me?" |
|
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| "Whaddaya mean?" |
|
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| "Beg pardon?" |
|
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| Bewildered response |
|
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| Befuddled comment |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| "Say that again?" |
|
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| Indie band Uh ___ Her |
|
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| 'What?' |
|
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| "I don't get it" |
|
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| "I didn't expect that" |
|
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| "I don't get it" |
|
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| "You mean ... what?" |
|
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| "What'd you say?" |
|
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| Clueless response |
|
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| Clueless response |
|
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| "What?!" |
|
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| Mellencamp: "Uh-___" |
|
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| "What?" |
|
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| Expression of bafflement |
|
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| "Whazzat?" |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
|
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| "Whazzat?" |
|
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| Word from one who isn't following |
|
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| 'Say again?' |
|
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| "Beg pardon?" |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| "How's that?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| "What's that?" |
|
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| "Whadja say?" |
|
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| "Beg pardon?" |
|
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| "Excuse me?" |
|
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| "You talkin' to me?" |
|
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| "What the ...?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| "Beg pardon?" |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| "Beg pardon?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| "Wha'dja say?" |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| "What'd you say?" |
|
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| "What the...?" |
|
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| "What?" |
|
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| Question from a person just awakened |
|
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| "Wha?" |
|
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| "What?!" |
|
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| 'Come again?' |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| Wha? |
|
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| "Whazzat?" |
|
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| "Did you say something?" |
|
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| "Wha'd'ja say?" |
|
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| Non-responsive response |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| Non-responsive response |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| 'Say what?' |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| 'What'd you say?' |
|
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| "What'd you say?” |
|
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| "Whazzat?" |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| "What was that!" |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| "What's that you say?" |
|
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| "What?" |
|
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| Sound of confusion |
|
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| "How about that!" |
|
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| "What'd you say?" |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
|
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| "Whadja say?" |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| "Come again?" |
|
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| Come again? |
|
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| "What did you say?" |
|
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| Say what? |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| Grunt of surprise |
|
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| Bewildered response |
|
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| "Whazzat?" |
|
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| Lunkhead's question |
|
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| "What'd you say?" |
|
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| "What's that?" |
|
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| "What was that?" |
|
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| "What's that ?" |
|
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| "What's that?" |
|
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| "Excuse me?" |
|
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| "Say, what?" |
|
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| "Wha'd'ja say?" |
|
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| Ignorant reply |
|
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| Word of disbelief |
|
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| "Wha . . . ?" |
|
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| How's that again? |
|
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| Querying word |
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| Expression of indifference |
|
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| "Wha?" |
|
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| Uh follower |
|
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| Expression of disbelief |
|
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| Querying sound |
|
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| Questioning sound |
|
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| Word of surprise |
|
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| Surprised sound. |
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| "What's that?" |
|
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| "Say what?" |
|
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| Derogatory grunt. |
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| Querying sound. |
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| "What?" |
|
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| Expression of inquiry. |
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| "Whazzat?" |
|
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| Sound of surprise. |
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| Interjection of disbelief. |
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