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as if by magic

as if by magic phrase: in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way.

Phrase

as if by magic

  1. In a very surprising or seemingly impossible way.

Questions about as if by magic

What does as if by magic mean?
As if by magic means in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way.
What part of speech is as if by magic?
As if by magic is a phrase.

Words near as if by magic in the dictionary

  1. as I live and breathe
  2. as I live by bread
  3. as I see it
  4. as I was saying
  5. as if
  6. as if by magic
  7. as if I care
  8. as if I cared
  9. as if nothing had happened
  10. as if one's life depended on it
  11. as if one's life depends on it

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