that is (to say)

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that is (to say) — idiom

1. used to explain what you mean more clearly or to correct or add detail to what y

1.idiom
Definition

used to explain what you mean more clearly or to correct or add detail to what you have just said.

Example

We leave on Friday — that is, the fifteenth of June.

The plan needs to be cost-effective, that is to say, it must not cost more than it saves.