if not for

if not for
if not for — see if, 1
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if not for
: in the absence of (something or someone) :without

If not for modern medicine, fewer babies would survive.

If not for him, I wouldn't be where I am today.

— often used in the phrases if it were not for and if it had not been for

If it were not for your donations, many more children would go hungry.

If it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't be where I am today.

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Main Entry:if

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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