believe it or not

(you may) choose to accept something as true or not; it may seem amazing but it's true. It's late, but believe it or not, I just got home from work. I'm over fifty years old, believe it or not.

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believe it or not

(spoken)

this is surprising but true She's back in college and, believe it or not, she's planning to get a degree in philosophy!

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believe it or not

It's true, whether or not you agree, as in Believe it or not, I finally finished painting the house. Originating in the 1800s, this phrase gained currency as the title of a cartoon series begun in 1918 by Robert Ripley and continuing to run in American newspapers long after his death in 1949. Each drawing presented a strange but supposedly true phenomenon, such as a two-headed chicken.

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Believe it or not

and BION

sent. & comp. abb. That’s the story; you can choose to believe it or not believe it. That’s what really happened, Believe it or not. I’m l8t! BION.

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Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Almeric	[æl'merik]
Steponas	-	Lithuanian
Cyril	SIR-əl (English), SEER-əl (English), TSI-ril (Czech)	English, French, Czech, Slovak
Munir	-	Arabic
Fitzpatrick	[fits'pætrik]
Miriam	MIR-ee-əm (English)	Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew