believe it or not

idiom

used to suggest that the listener will be surprised
His latest movie, believe it or not, is a romantic comedy about a group of lawyers.

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So, believe it or not, a lot of investors are just on the sideline. CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024 And by buying these players who were not on the radar, believe it or not, Girona became almost the leader of league one. Ayesha Javed, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024 And believe it or not, there’s even a rooftop deck! Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024 Humanoid robot hardware, believe it or not, is probably good enough already. New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for believe it or not 

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“Believe it or not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/believe%20it%20or%20not. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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