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let the chips fall where they may
Idioms and Phrases
No matter what the consequences, as in I'm going to tell the truth about what happened, and let the chips fall where they may . This metaphoric term alludes to chopping wood and is usually joined to a statement that one should do what is right (that is, the woodcutter should pay attention to the main task of cutting logs and not worry about small chips). [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
“And I’ll let the chips fall where they may. In my view, that is leadership.”
“I think every member of Congress needs to take that vote and let the chips fall where they may,” Ms. Greene said.
Joel Rubin, a former State Department official and Democratic strategist who has worked in Jewish politics for years, rejected critics blaming Biden “for everything that’s gone wrong” but said the president would have to “make the argument for why the policy is the right one and let the chips fall where they may.”
He said, “My philosophy is do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may… History judges us for what we do. This is a critical time right now.”
"I've said before, you do the right thing and you let the chips fall where they may," Mr Johnson said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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