as if

Idioms and Phrases

Also, as though . As it would be, as in He decided to accept, as if it really mattered , or John scowled as though he were really angry . The first idiom dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s. Also see make as if .

Example Sentences

It has all come to me so naturally, not as if I had had to work it out, but-as-if-I-remembered.

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