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if/when push comes to shove

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if/when push comes to shove

if you say that something can be done if push comes to shove, you mean that it can be done if the situation becomes so bad that you have to do it. Look, if push comes to shove we'll just have to sell the car.

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if you can help it
If you can't beat 'em,
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
if you catch/get my drift
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
If you've got it, flaunt it
if/when it comes to the crunch

if/when push comes to shove
Ignorance is bliss
ill
ill at ease
imagination
imbue with
in a bad way
in a bind

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