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I see what you did there
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Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-I see what you did there.wav US
Phrase
phr ~did:do
en informal humorous also Internet slang An expression used to point out that another person's joke or cleverness has been recognized or understood, either to acknowledge its cleverness or alternatively to communicate a lack of amusement.
en ISWYDT initialism
en 2004 Future Music 177 4 https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Future_Music/LDhLAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22I+see+what+you+did+there%22&dq=%22I+see+what+you+did+there%22&printsec=frontcover Book a tabla now (te-he) www.electromancer.com/artists/squishmusic [Yes, very good, I see what you did there - Ed].
2010 November 4, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland, "The Apology Insufficiency", episode 4-7 of The Big Bang Theory, 00:05:03-00:05:19:
Leonard Hofstadter: Of course, we're in different departments. He's an engineer and I'm an experimental physicist. You know, one of guys who examines the building blocks of creation and says: "Hello, maker of the universe. I see what you did there. Good one."
en 2011 Grant R. Jeffrey; Alton L. Gansky The Scroll http://books.google.com/books?id=A94hiqygo78C&pg=PA103&dq=%22i+see+what+you+did+there%22 103 WaterBrook Press 9780307729262 "Wait. I see what you did there. You turned my comment around on me so that it would be an insult. You are one clever gal, Dr. Rodgers."
en Fast chat: Miss Piggy of 'The Muppets' http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/fast-chat-miss-piggy-of-the-muppets-1.3329798 Newsday 19 November 2011 Oh, I see what you did there! You made a little "bacon" joke at moi's expense. You got a death wish or something, buster?! https://web.archive.org/web/20111127160905/http://www.newsday.com:80/entertainment/movies/fast-chat-miss-piggy-of-the-muppets-1.3329798 27 November 2011
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