to put it another way
to put it another way
To rephrase something; to express something in a different way. This is a set phrase, so the verb is not conjugated. I'm afraid your sales figures haven't been in line with the figures generated by our estimates. To put it another way, Tom, your performance has been really underwhelming. The universe is huge and uncaring to our choices or ambitions. To put it another, more optimistic way, our fates are ours to decide for ourselves.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
to put it another way
and put another waya 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!
See also: another, put, way
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- a crack at (someone or something)
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- add on
- a slew of (something)
- a/the feel of (something)
- a straw will show which way the wind blows
- a horse of another
- a horse of another color
- a horse of another colour
- all right