As if
In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- The Heavy's ÜberCharge also seems to be making him immune to the rockets' knockback—in fact, the rockets don't even detonate, they just bounce off him as if they were airblasted.
Source: Machinima / Team Fortress 2 - In the Underworld movies, Viktor rewrote vampire history to appear as if he was the original vampire, when, in fact, it was another Elder, Marcus.
Source: Written by the Winners -
In fact, it looked for a while as if he'd finally have something to be happy about.
Source: Comic Book / Black Adam
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