as who

as who
phrasal
archaic : as one that : as if someone

he nods at us, as who should say, “I'll be even with you” — Shakespeare

she recoiled — as who finds thorns where she sought flowers — Robert Browning

such speech … was probably … a mere freak of the tongue … as who should go to a masked ball in guise of Mephistopheles — John Morley


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