- to put it another way
- to put it another way & put another waya phrase introducing a restatement of what someone, usually the speaker, has just said. •
Father: You're still very young, Tom. To put it another way, you don't have any idea about what you're getting into.
•John: Could you go back to your own room now, Tom? I have to study. Put another way, get out of here! Tom: Okay, okay. Don't get your bowels in an uproar!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.