if nothing else

if nothing else

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if nothing else (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) At the very least; as a minimum.
   • 2014, Daniel Taylor, "World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk, 20 June:

     Briefly, they had threatened to turn the game upside-down after Wayne Rooney’s first-ever World Cup goal made it 1-1 after 75 minutes. If nothing else, England had shown perseverance but, then again England always show qualities of endurance.