prove it
Back it up
A challenge demanding evidence or demonstration for a claim just made.
The phrase expresses skepticism and shifts the burden to the speaker: You say you can beat me? Prove it.
It can be confrontational or playful depending on tone, but always calls someone's bluff.
- show meDemand for proof
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- demonstrateShow or prove something
- verifyConfirm accuracy or truth
- skepticOne who doubts claims
talk is cheap · show your work · back it up · doubt · challenge · receipts · witness · testimony · facts · convince · stand corrected · test · experiment · courtroom · alibi · claim · skeptical · justify
- skepticismdoubt, skeptic, doubts, debunker, doubtful
- denialsnot guilty, disclaimer, disavowal, rejection, refusal
interpersonal stance
prove itfair enough
Acknowledging reasonable logic
no doubt · of course · absolutely · say no more · enough said
prove, proof, proven, provable, unprovable, disprove, disproven, provably, proving