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big ifs

big ifs is the plural of big if.

Meaning of big if

Noun

big if (plural big ifs)

  1. An unlikely but necessary condition.
    • "If I were only old enough," said Kate, "and knew enough to teach a day-school, I would begin at once and save half of my money …."
      "Oh!" Edward replied, "there's a big if in the way."1868 Montgomery Schuyler, The Pioneer Church: Or, The Story of a New Parish in the West (Boston: Riverside Press, 1868), p. 2

Questions about big ifs

What is big ifs the plural of?
Big ifs is the plural of big if.

Words near big ifs in the dictionary

  1. big house
  2. big house, little house, back house, barn
  3. big houses
  4. big if
  5. big if true
  6. big ifs
  7. big iron
  8. Big Island
  9. Big Jacks Creek
  10. Big Jim and the twins
  11. big jobs

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