you (only) have to do something

you (only) have to do something
you (only) have to do something you have (only) to do something phrase
used for saying that a fact becomes obvious as soon as you do something

You only have to visit your local hospital to see that the system isn’t working.

Thesaurus: ways of saying that something is obvious or knownsynonym
Main entry: only

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