| "If only ___ listened . . ." | USA Today | 23 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | That man would | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 20 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | "___ never do that to us!" |  |  | 
          
            | Newspaper headline, in industry jargon |  |  | 
          
            | "If dad were here ___ know what to do..." |  |  | 
          
            | "If Attila the Hun were alive today, ___ be a drama critic": Edward Albee |  |  | 
          
            | That man would (3) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 21 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened to me, poor man!" |  |  | 
          
            | Prescription drug, briefly |  |  | 
          
            | "My boy's an ugly crier but he's such a pretty liar / And by that, I mean he said ___ change" (Billie Eilish lyric) |  |  | 
          
            | "If only __ listened" | Commuter | 12 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | "___ like to come and meet us" (David Bowie lyric) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his. . " |  |  | 
          
            | __ PE (rapcore group) |  |  | 
          
            | "Sometimes the father almost sees looking / At the son, how handsome ___ be if half / His own face was made of the woman he loved": Terrance Hayes |  |  | 
          
            | "I wish __ listen to me" | Commuter | 07 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | "I wish ___ listen to me" |  |  | 
          
            | "___ give his last dime to help" |  |  | 
          
            | "___ be perfect" (that guy) |  |  | 
          
            | Third-person contraction | Universal | 07 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back!" |  |  | 
          
            | Third person contraction | Newsday | 12 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | "If ___ only listened ..." | Family Time | 02 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened ..." | Universal | 10 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened to me, poor man!" |  |  | 
          
            | "___ be better off ..." | Universal | 05 May 2022 | 
          
            | 'I thought ___ be taller' | USA Today | 22 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | "I told him ___ get stronger lifting weights" | Family Time | 03 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | ''If ___ only listened to her, a spider wouldn't be in hi | Family Time | 25 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | "___ rather get engaged to Martha..." |  |  | 
          
            | "I Guess ___ Rather Be in Colorado," song by John Denver |  |  | 
          
            | "___ be the first guy I'd congratulate!" | Family Time | 29 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | "___ be a fool not to!" |  |  | 
          
            | 'I Guess ___ Rather Be in Colorado' | USA Today | 16 May 2020 | 
          
            | ''If only __ listened . . .'' | Newsday | 10 May 2020 | 
          
            | ''__ be silly not to'' | Newsday | 13 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Pronominal contraction for males | Family Time | 02 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | "If only __ listened" | LA Times Daily | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | 'If only __ listened' | The Washington Post | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back!" | Family Time | 23 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | John Denver song "I Guess ___ Rather Be In Colorado" |  |  | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened..." |  |  | 
          
            | John Denver's "I Guess ___ Rather Be In Colorado" |  |  | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened..." |  |  | 
          
            | "... him an inch, ___ take a mile" | Universal | 07 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | John Denver's 'I Guess ___ Rather Be in Colorado' | The Washington Post Sunday | 07 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened to me!" |  |  | 
          
            | 'If only ___ listened ...' | New York Times | 10 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | "... Bojangles and ___ dance ..." | Universal | 04 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back!" |  |  | 
          
            | '__ give you the shirt off his back' | The Washington Post | 23 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | "__ give you the shirt off his back" | LA Times Daily | 23 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | "... Bojangles and ___ dance for you" | Universal | 15 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Pronominal contraction | Newsday | 06 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened ..." |  |  | 
          
            | "... Bojangles and ___ dance ..." |  |  | 
          
            | "... Bojangles and ___ dance for you" |  |  | 
          
            | "... him an inch, ___ take a mile" |  |  | 
          
            | '___ fly through the air with the greatest of ease' | Wall Street Journal | 05 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Third-person contraction | Newsday | 24 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened to me, poor guy" | Universal | 24 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Nancy Sinatra's 'If ___ Love Me' | New York Times | 31 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | "Give him an inch, ___ take a mile" | Universal | 16 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Talking bird, e.g | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 13 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | "Give him an inch, ___ take a mile" |  |  | 
          
            | Nancy Sinatra's "If ___ Love Me" |  |  | 
          
            | "I Guess ___ Rather Be in Colorado" (John Denver song) |  |  | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened to me, poor guy" |  |  | 
          
            | "___ be a fool not to!" | Universal | 04 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | 'I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you ...' (1968 song lyric) | New York Times | 12 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | "I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you ..." (1968 song lyric) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ be a fool not to!" |  |  | 
          
            | Pronominal contraction |  |  | 
          
            | Pronominal contraction | Universal | 24 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | "If only __ listened!" | LA Times Daily | 26 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | "If only __ listened!" |  |  | 
          
            | Masculine contraction |  |  | 
          
            | Jared Gomes band ___ PE |  |  | 
          
            | "If ___ Love Me" (Nancy Sinatra song) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back!" |  |  | 
          
            | Pronominal contraction |  |  | 
          
            | "___ fly through the air with the greatest of ease" |  |  | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back" |  |  | 
          
            | "I Guess __ Rather Be in Colorado": John Denver song |  |  | 
          
            | Punk hoppers ___ PE |  |  | 
          
            | "I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you . . ." |  |  | 
          
            | N.O.R.E. song off eponymous album |  |  | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back" |  |  | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened!" |  |  | 
          
            | "If__ only listened" |  |  | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back!" |  |  | 
          
            | "Only in Amerika" ___ PE |  |  | 
          
            | "I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you" |  |  | 
          
            | ___ PE |  |  | 
          
            | Punk band ___PE |  |  | 
          
            | "... a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you" |  |  | 
          
            | Punk-hoppers ___ PE |  |  | 
          
            | "If I had a son, ___ look like Trayvon" |  |  | 
          
            | Common contraction |  |  | 
          
            | ". . . a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you . . ." |  |  | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened to me!" |  |  | 
          
            | Original name of 37-Down |  |  | 
          
            | "If __ only listened!" |  |  | 
          
            | "If __ only listened!" |  |  | 
          
            | ___PE |  |  | 
          
            | ____PE |  |  | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back" |  |  | 
          
            | "I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you ..." |  |  | 
          
            | "I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance ..." |  |  | 
          
            | "I knew a man, Bojangles, and ___ dance ..." |  |  | 
          
            | '-- give you the shirt off his back!' |  |  | 
          
            | "__ be silly not to!" |  |  | 
          
            | "I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance . . ." |  |  | 
          
            | "___ sow't with nettle-seed": Shak. |  |  | 
          
            | "I wish, I wish ___ stay away": "Antigonish" |  |  | 
          
            | '-- give you the shirt off his back' |  |  | 
          
            | Common contraction |  |  | 
          
            | "If __ Love Me" (Nancy Sinatra tune) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ do anything for me" |  |  | 
          
            | "__ do anything for me" |  |  | 
          
            | "__ do anything for me" |  |  | 
          
            | "___ Send in the Army" (Gang of Four song) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ give you the shirt off his back" |  |  | 
          
            | "___ let us in, knows where we've been" ("Octopus's Garden" lyric) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ let us in, knows where we've been" (Beatles lyric) |  |  | 
          
            | "If only ___ listened!" |  |  | 
          
            | "It's my work, ___ say, and I do it for pay" (Dylan lyric) |  |  | 
          
            | Common contraction |  |  | 
          
            | "___ sow 't with nettle-seed": Shak. |  |  | 
          
            | Popular contraction |  |  | 
          
            | "___ Never Seen Julie Cry": Messina song |  |  | 
          
            | I knew ___ fold: contraction |  |  | 
          
            | "___ be a fool not to!" |  |  | 
          
            | Pronominal contraction |  |  | 
          
            | Common contraction |  |  | 
          
            | "___ make a lovely corpse": Dickens |  |  | 
          
            | Common contraction |  |  | 
          
            | "This hitteth the naile on the ___": Heywood |  |  | 
          
            | Third-person contraction |  |  | 
          
            | "___ like to come and meet us" ("Starman" lyrics) |  |  | 
          
            | Common contraction. |  |  | 
          
            | "___ let us in, knows where we've been" (Beatles lyric) |  |  |