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English
Pronunciation
Interjection
what of it?
- (idiomatic) So what? Who cares? Expresses disinterest, disregard or lack of concern.
- Yes, I ate the last cookie. What of it?
1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine:"Hiram took my snowballs."
"Aw, what of it, kid?" sneered the bully. "There's lots more snow. Make yourself another set and see what you can do."
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Further reading
- “what of it”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “what of it”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “so what what of it” (US) / “so what what of it” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “what of it” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- “so what, what of it”, in Collins English Dictionary.