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as if

conjunction

  1. As though; in a manner suggesting.

    "The old man stumbled, as if he were about to fall."

  2. In mimicry of.

    "When the teacher's back was turned, the class clown would hold his stomach as if he were ill."

interjection

  1. Refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.

    ""I'm going to clean your whole house." "As if!""

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