What someone said.

What someone said.
What someone said.
Sl. I agree with what someone just said, although I might not have been able to say it as well or so elegantly. •

What John said. And I agree 100 percent.

What you said. That's my feeling, too.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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