put it this way

A phrase that someone uses to rephrase something they said before that wasn't comprehensible.

Phil: You're going to eat the floor!

Tyler: What does that even mean?

Phil: Put it this way, I'm going to beat you up.

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When you put it that way

A phrase meant to represent one's humble acceptance of the fact that he was wrong all along, after it being made completely obvious by the other part.

Example 1:
Boyfriend: Hey babe, do you want some ice cream?
Girlfriend: I better not, I might get fat...
Boyfriend: You're already fat.
Girlfriend: When you put it that way...

No, wait that's sort of surreal. Here's a better one:

Example 2:
Person 1: You really shouldn't eat that beef.
Person 2: Why?
Person 1: It's murder! They killed a cow for that.
Person 2: You're eating Salmon.
Person 1: It's not the same thing.
Person 2: So you're saying that I shouldn't eat my beef because it's murder and we should treat all animals alike, inferring that I would not eat this were it human meat and yet you think of that dead salmon as an inferior creature in comparison to said cow.
Person 1: When you put it that way...

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When you put it that way

When you turn it that way. It looks like an hourglass. When you put it that way 90 degrees clockwise it looks like a figure 8.

When you put it that way I gain a whole new view and perspective and the part of my brain that centers on vision and imagination lights up.