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Colin Fine
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Phrases of the form "if you must ... " (or indeed "if you must!" without a following verb) are a particular idiom in English.

It uses "must" in the sense of obligation, but the idiomatic part is that it is implying "you think you must do this, but I don't agree, and I'm going to provide or permit whatever you are asking, but grudgingly".

Colin Fine
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