if : Idioms & Phrases
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An if
- and if; if.
Webster 1913
As if , But if
- . See under
As ,But .
Webster 1913
As if , or As though
- of the same kind, or in the same condition or manner, that it would be if.
Webster 1913
as if by magic
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adverb in a magical manner
magically.
- it disappeared magically
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But and if
- but if; an attempt on the part of King James's translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and adversative force of the Greek .
Webster 1913
But if
- unless. Obs.
Chaucer.
But this I read, that but if remedy Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see. Spenser.
Webster 1913
if not
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adverb perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than
- will yield 10% if not more
- pretty if not actually beautiful
- let's meet tonight if not sooner
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make as if
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verb begin or appear to begin an action
- He made as if to shake my hand
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only if
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adverb never except when
only when; only.
- call me only if your cold gets worse
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To make as if , ∨ To make as though
- to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under
Make , v. t.).Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. Josh. viii. 15.
My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me. Latimer.
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What if
- what will it matter if; what will happen or be the result if. "What if it be a poison?" Shak.
