What does “mean it” mean? And can I replace that expression with “for real”, “really”?

Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
In this context, "did you mean it?" has the same meaning is "are you serious?" or "are you telling the truth?" It holds a bit of a different meaning than "for real" or "really," but the effect is similar. Ex. Then everything that you said before - did you mean it? Ex. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it.