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Examples of say in a sentence verb “is anybody there?” he said. Having had my say, i sat down. Citizens have a say in the councils of government.

All i want is some say in the matter. To have your say means to get an opportunity to deliver your opinion on something. If you're at a loud and hostile town council meeting, you might not get a chance to have your say unless you shout it.

Definition of say verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. The verb say does not take a person as its direct object, only a word or clause: If a person is mentioned after say, the word to must be used before it:

Say, what did you think about the movie? Often in an imperative form, in the sense of ‘let us say,’ ‘we may say,’ ‘we shall say’: As, the number left behind was not great, say only five.

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