if you will

Adverb

Meaning

Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction.
But imagine, if you will, a world where these logistical problems were solved.

So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard.
These are "partial artifacts", if you will: the imaging process has merely amplified flaws that were already present in the original.

Used in conceding a description.
He wasn't a very honest person; a liar, if you will.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

so to speak if you like

Examples

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar

If you will it, it is no dream. Theodor Herzl

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats. Richard Bach

Give me, mother, luck at my birth, then throw me if you will on the rubbish heap. Bulgarian Proverb

If you will not hear reason, she will surely rap your knuckles. Russian Proverb

If you will stir up the mire, you must bear the smell. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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