Meaning Of The Word If only

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if only
phrase: You use if only with past tenses to introduce what you think is a fairly good reason for doing something, although you realize it may not be a very good one.

if only in American English
would that; I wish that

if only in British English
an expression used to introduce a wish, esp one felt to be unrealizable

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