but if meaning
EN- ConjunctionPREbut-
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- If we wanted something we could whistle for it - but if the Australians wanted something you'd got to get it for them, or else.
- We haven't decided if we want to move yet, but if we go down that road, there'll clearly be no way back.
- It's a large job, but if we parcel it out among several people over several weeks, it shouldn't be too difficult.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- But if he start, / It is the flesh of a corrupted heart.
- But if your problem is waking too early, he might suggest a longer-duration drug like temazepam, the generic version of Restoril.
- But if they had known, / Then had there been no mystery; / And Life had been poorer, / And laughter unsurer, / And the shadow of death securer — Charles G D Roberts
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of but if in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "but if" is a conjunction.