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What does it mean?
A triumphant claim of having outwitted someone after a weak argument.
In plain terms
Got you there!
What can you take from it?
Use humor to defuse a failed point.

Where it applies

  • debate
  • comedy routine

Putting it to work

  • lighten a tense exchange

Questions to consider

  • Does humor help after a mistake?

Another view

May sound smug.

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