if you will

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Expression[change]

Expression
if you will

  1. You use if you will to show that you know the way you said something isn't standard.
    We find ourselves in some trouble, a pickle, if you will.
  2. You use if you will when you ask or tell somebody to do something, to soften the message.
    Imagine, if you will, an exploding star.

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