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Grammar detail: ~ないまでも
My current mastery of this grammar:
verb negative plain form
+ までも
means'even if one doesn't do (something)'.
まで means 'as far as', and も means 'even', so literally this means 'even if you don't go so far as to do (something)'.
A very common usage is
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わないまでも, which means 'not to say'.Problem with this grammar? Question or
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