you got me
Fair enough, caught
You got me is a concession that someone has made a valid point or caught you in an error: You got me—I completely forgot about that meeting.
It can also express genuine uncertainty, equivalent to "I don't know": Why does the printer keep jamming? You got me.
In competitive contexts, it acknowledges defeat: Nice move, you got me.
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- bustedApprehended or broken
- dead to rightsInescapably proven guilty
- trappedUnable to escape
- fooledLed to believe falsely
caught red handed · tricked · pranked · outsmarted · well played · stumped · no clue · beats me · cornered · nailed · exposed · surrendered · I surrender · I give up · admit · confess · touché · checkmate
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I give up
knowledge/certainty
you got meI know
Acknowledgment of awareness
easy · obviously · no problem · without a doubt · clearly