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Definition

if only

used when you want to say how doing something simple would make it possible to avoid something unpleasant
If only she'd listen to what he's saying, I'm sure they could work it out.

(Definition of if only from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

The first and last word in dictionaries