AS IF! | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of as if! in English

as if!

idiom   informal Add to word list Add to word list said to show that you do not believe something is possible: "Did you get a pay rise?" "As if!" Not believing

• (that's) a likely story! idiom
• anti-science
• anti-scientific
• are my eyes deceiving me? idiom
• authority
• believe
• foot
• in denial
• in your dreams! idiom
• incredulity
• incredulous
• incredulously
• joke
• pass
• salt
• since when idiom
• take something with a pinch of salt idiom
• tell me another one! idiom
• truther
• yeah

See more results » (Definition of as if! from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

as if | American Dictionary

as if

idiom Add to word list Add to word list it is not true that: He wants to get another car - as if we don’t have enough cars in the driveway already!

Note:

• Used humorously to show that what you are about to say is the opposite of what you really think.

(Definition of as if! from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of as if!

in Chinese (Traditional) 不對！不是這樣！… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 不对！不是这样！… See more in Spanish ¡ojalá!… See more in Portuguese até parece!… See more Need a translator?

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• look as if
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• make as if to do something idiom
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• as if I care phrase
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• as (if) to the manner born idiom

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