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erst recht

all the more, even more so

adverb EYRST rekht Rare
Communication Responses

Also means

that's all the reason to

Usage Note

Erst recht intensifies a statement, often as a defiant or ironic response: if one objection holds, the following argument applies even more strongly — Das mache ich erst recht! ('I'll do it all the more!').

Examples

"Wenn du das sagst, will ich es erst recht wissen."

Natural Translation

If you say that, I want to know it all the more.

Literal Translation

If you that say, want I it first-right know.

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