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were it not for

were it not for is the alternative form of if it were not for.

Meaning of if it were not for

Prepositional phrase

  1. If a certain condition were not met; used to indicate that a particular person, event, etc. prevented a certain outcome.

Questions about were it not for

What is were it not for the alternative form of?
Were it not for is the alternative form of if it were not for.

Words near were it not for in the dictionary

  1. werdingite
  2. Werdnig-Hoffmann disease
  3. were
  4. were gild
  5. were gilds
  6. were it not for
  7. were with
  8. were wolf
  9. were wolves
  10. were you born in a tent
  11. were-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: were it not for (page history and authors); if it were not for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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