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Meaning of if not for | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

If (something) were not (or had not been) there; in the absence of (something); without.

Equivalents

Polski gdyby nie

Examples

“If not for her surgical skill, you'd be dead now, so some appreciation may be in order.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

if one is a day if only the tsar knew if pigs had wings if pigs had wings, they could fly if pigs had wings, they would fly if pigs had wings, they'd fly