if you know what I mean

• if you see what I mean

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪf ju ˌnoʊ wʌt aɪ ˈmin/, [ɪfjəˌnowʌɾaɪˈmin]

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if you know what I mean

1. (disjunctive) Used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at.

   He seemed a little too interested in the details, if you know what I mean [implying that perhaps he had ulterior motives].

   • 1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys:

     " […] Now what time did you retire to bed last night?”
     “We went early. Somehow or other the party didn’t seem to ‘go’ if you know what I mean, superintendent. We went up about half-past ten, I should say.”

2. (informal) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm attention, understanding, or agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof; synonym of do you know what I'm saying.

   Then you've got to jiggle it just right, if you know what I mean, before you can get it to come out of there.

• you know what I mean

• nudge nudge wink wink
• if you know, you know