if not for
English
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edit- If (something) were not (or had not been) there; in the absence of (something); without.
- If not for her surgical skill, you'd be dead now, so some appreciation may be in order.
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edit- “if not for”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “if it were not for”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.