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as if
Idioms and Phrases
Also, as though . As it would be, as in He decided to accept, as if it really mattered , or John scowled as though he were really angry . The first idiom dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s. Also see make as if .Example Sentences
It was as if Tilson Thomas was saying to the audience, “This one is for you. And I’m still here saying it.”
As if the movie weren’t strange enough as it is, Feig takes a sharp left turn in the final act that’s both jaw-dropping and head-scratching.
You have to keep exploring, as if each story is the first page of a mystery.
It’s as if everyone’s a budding essayist on psychology, which makes a situation that trades on recklessness and delusion harder to swallow.
"I was struck by the fact that it's constantly snowing, as if Russia has only one season. In reality, we have all four."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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