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if need be

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  1. if need beadverb

    If necessary; if there is a need.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of if need be in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of if need be in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of if need be in a Sentence

  1. Tsahi Shemesh:

    We teach people how to avoid trauma and we give them choices of how to leave a violent situation without violence. And if need be, they need to do the minimum violence needed to get out of the situation.

  2. George Bernard Shaw:

    The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.

  3. Loren Weisman:

    Social media is not toxic. Social media sites are not toxic. It might just be that you've allowed the toxic people you follow on social media to make it toxic for you. There is no rule, no law or no condition on any of these sites that says you must continue to follow or stay connected with someone you don't want to on social media. Unfollow, disconnect and block if need be and as often as you like.”

  4. Anderson Cooper:

    Physically, you've seen him in ways that other people haven't, correct and if need be, I can describe that.

  5. George McGovern in 1972:

    They felt the need to give the party a bit more say in that to make sure someone more electable would emerge, if need be, it’s a backstop, more or less.


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