English Explanatory Dictionary

will the real someone please stand up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A request for the real person or thing to be identified from among others that are similar.

Word forms

will the real someone please stand up would the real someone please stand up

Etymology

From the 1950s panel show To Tell the Truth, in which the line was said after votes came in as to who the people thought was the real person they were supposed to find out.

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