English

if that's not

Expresses that something is obviously a genuine instance of something else.

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    Shortened from if that's not ___, I don't know what is! or similar construction.

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    • derivedEnglishif “Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; suppositive used to introduce a condition…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishif
        • inheritedOld Englishġif “if”

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