Usually means: Indicate when to stop pouring.
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  1. say when: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. say when: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. say when: Collins English Dictionary
  4. say when: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. say when: Wiktionary
  6. ...Say When, Say When: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. say when: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (say when)

verb:  (idiomatic) An imperative form used to request that the interlocutor indicate when one should stop doing something, esp. pouring a drink, because one has reached a sufficient amount.

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