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but for1Except for: I walked along Broadway, deserted but for the occasional cab...- Its All Good (but for the playing of the games).
- In the end, there's not much here but for the pulp entertainment value.
- High pastures rise, bare but for a wedge of trees, and redshanks swooped in quickly to the rushes by our feet.
1.1If it were not for: the game could be over but for you...- He could have added to his test figures but for an apparent indiscretion with alcohol.
- Our ancestors said we would not know the summer from the winter but for the leaves on their trees.
- Clapton would have snatched a draw but for another late goal from never-say-die Dorking.
Synonyms if it were not for, were it not for, except for, without, barring, notwithstanding See parent entry: but |