I'll show you

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see show.
2. prove someone wrong; overturn prejudices; seek vindication

Examples

“I'll show⟳ them who's the failure in this family!”

“Athletics gave me persistence as a teenager. [...] I used to train⟳ eight times a week. Even in the middle of winter I would break⟳ into the stadium and shuffle through snow⟳ on the track. [...] Building a quantum computer is like⟳ space travel⟳ to Mars. For many years, people said this is completely impossible. That's what got me into this field. I thought, I'll show⟳ you.”

“"Hey Jack," Bobby said, changing the subject. "Did you notice⟳ Bernie in front of the formation tonight? When he saluted Major Reynolds he jiggled. He's gained some weight. Better get⟳ in shape⟳ if he's going to war." "Don't you believe⟳ it, Jarhead," Bernie retorted. "Step outside. I'll show⟳ you who's out of shape⟳!" They all laughed.”

“"The fact that I was a [Broadway] director of color directing this play⟳ was the most important banner I wanted to wave⟳," he said. "Because I'm breaking a boundary there. Whereas, if the [homo]sexuality is stressed, that excuses on a certain level the racial thing," [...] He had returned to his home town of Frankfort, Kentucky, for George C. Wolfe Week. He didn't recall⟳ feeling oppressed by segregation while he was growing up, but, as the returning hero, he felt the childhood emotions flooding back. "It was so interesting, walking into these tiny little shops and going, ‘What was so precious here that a little six-year-old boy couldn't touch⟳, couldn't walk⟳ inside of?' " he said. "Or the Capitol Theatre—they wouldn't let⟳ me go in there? Oh, it's a parking lot now? Good. The first eleven years of my life came rushing back to me with a certain sort⟳ of rage. I thought, I'll show⟳ you. And it wasn't George Wolfe showing you. It was a little black boy showing you."”

“[Jubilee blinds Juggernaut with brief flare] Juggernaut: What's this, the 4th of July? No one told me. Jubilee: Leave⟳ him alone! Wolverine: Jubilee, don't. Juggernaut: [Laughs] What's she gonna do, hit me with her diaper? Jubilee: I'll show⟳ you, you overgrown trash can! [Jubilee vents a stream of plasma behind Juggernaut, almost topples him]”

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