there you are
Definition
A2 (informal there you go) used when giving something to someone, usually after a request for the thing, such as giving someone goods that they have boughtGiving, providing and supplying › used to mean 'I told you so': There you are, I knew you'd forget if you didn't write it down.Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation
(Definition of there you are from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -basher suffix (CRITICIZE)
- -bashing suffix (CRITICIZE)
- aspersions noun
- bad-mouth verb
- be on sb's back idiom
- blast verb (CRITICIZE)
- boo noun
- boo verb
- criticism noun
- denounce verb (CRITICIZE)
- deprecate verb (NOT APPROVE)
- disapproval noun
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing noun (PUNISHMENT)
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- niggle verb (CRITICIZE)
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- slam verb
- take a dim view of sth idiom
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