put another way

put another way
to put it another way & put another way
a 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.

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