believe it or not

Definitions

This may be surprising, but it's true.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“We're, believe⟳ it or not, in love⟳ with each other.”

“That depends on how long the sentence is. Believe⟳ it or not, there’s a canon of construction about provisos, and the test⟳ is anything but clear: …”

“One common cause of “flipped bit” memory errors is, believe⟳ it or not, cosmic rays.”

“The descending opening phrase of the aria is, believe⟳ it or not, Tatyana’s Fate theme from her Letter Scene, though now in a minor, not major key: …”

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