Idiom
who wants to know
Meaning
A retort to a question posed by a stranger, when one does not want to either confirm or deny.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“A stranger asked for my address, so I asked, who wants to know?”
“When the man at the door asked if I was the owner, I replied, who wants to know?”
“Suspicious of the caller's true intentions, she guarded her privacy and curtly asked, who wants to know?”
Examples
simple
“A stranger asked for my address, so I asked, who wants to know?”
contextual
“When the man at the door asked if I was the owner, I replied, who wants to know?”
complex
“Suspicious of the caller's true intentions, she guarded her privacy and curtly asked, who wants to know?”
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