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you know

Used as a rhetorical question to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement.
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But I guess that's life, you know?
I just wasn't into it, you know?

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'you know':

you knowUsed other than as an idiom: see you, know.
you knowExpression signifying a pause or hesitation.
you knowExpression used to imply meaning, rather than say it, such as when a person is embarrassed.
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