Fair enough means I accept your point, even if I would not have made it myself. Agreement without enthusiasm.
It is one of the most useful phrases in British English, since it ends a disagreement without conceding that you were wrong. It can be genuinely gracious or entirely dismissive depending on the tone, and native speakers hear the difference instantly. Said flatly it can mean the opposite of acceptance. It is a complete sentence on its own and needs nothing after it.
1phrasefair enoughUsed to acknowledge that something is reasonable.
“Fair enough, I can see why you would not want to.”
Practised in A Man Called Ove, Small Talk & Everyday Phrases
First appears in chapter 6 of A Man Called Ove.
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