if not for

Meaning

if not for

If (something) were not (or had not been) there; in the absence of (something); without.
If not for her surgical skill, you'd be dead now, so some appreciation may be in order.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Words in the phrase

if not for

Close letter words and terms

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