as you like

English

Interjection

as you like

A way of agreeing to something that you do not really agree with.
- So, we'll buy the green one, then?
- As you like.

Synonyms

as you wish

Translations

way of agreeing

Japanese: どうぞお好きな様に (どうぞおすきなように, dōzo o-suki-na yōni) (formally), どうぞご勝手に (どうぞごかってに, dōzo go-katte-ni) (politely), 好きにすれば (すきにすれば, suki-ni sureba) (arrogantly)

Spanish: como quieras

Prepositional phrase

as you like

(colloquial) To any extent or degree.
So he walks in, calm as you like, and demands all the money from the till.
- 2012, V M Jones, Beyond the Shroud
  But the weird thing was, there was no working-out at all — just the sum, with that brackety thing with the line on top, and the answer written up above it, tidy as you like.

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