if, as and when
English
Adverb
if, as and when (not comparable)
- (informal, chiefly law) In the event that the thing being discussed comes to pass.
- 1944, Thomas Reed Powell, letter to William O. Douglas, quoted in Melvin I. Urofsky (1989), '"Dear Teacher": The Correspondence of William O. Douglas and Thomas Reed Powell', Law and History Review 7(2), page 364,
- No one cares about what a judge thinks, if, as and when. All that counts is what he says.
- 1988, Harry Brown, A Walk in the Sun, →ISBN, page 75:
- The whole thing, Tyne decided, would make a nice problem to mull over in his old age -- if, as, and when.
- 2001, Tony Shalhoub as Freddy Riedenschneider, The Man Who Wasn't There:
- We'll talk about appeals if, as and when.
- 1944, Thomas Reed Powell, letter to William O. Douglas, quoted in Melvin I. Urofsky (1989), '"Dear Teacher": The Correspondence of William O. Douglas and Thomas Reed Powell', Law and History Review 7(2), page 364,
Anagrams
- when, as, and if