might as well

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might as well

1. (idiomatic) Used to reluctantly express that there is no better alternative to do than do a certain action
   • 1962, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, It Might as Well Rain Until September

     As far as I'm concerned each day's a rainy day
     So it might as well rain until September

   • 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

     "If she makes as much work after she comes as she has before, we might as well give up hope of ever gettin' any rest," sighed Miranda as she hung the dish towels on the barberry bushes at the side door.

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