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so be it
Idioms and Phrases
Let it be so, I accept it as it is. For example, If you can't change the reservation, so be it; I'll travel on Monday . This phrase, often given as a translation of the Hebrew (and Greek and Latin) amen , has been employed in the current sense since about 1600.Example Sentences
Yes, it comes at a price — Nikki gets booted from a play, loses her boyfriend, celebrates Hanukkah in the hallway of her apartment building — but so be it.
“If they feel that I’m doing the wrong thing for my grandkids, then so be it,†Jones said.
If the consequence happens to be a hotter, less-inhabitable Earth, so be it.
Decoding mysteries is his driving compulsion, and if decoding the enigma of human interaction is part of that – something solo living never requires him to practice – so be it.
Because the interpersonal relationships within the administration directly affect the public, it’s only wise that we try to stay one step ahead, and if that results in people flocking to “Housewives†to study the politics of friendship at play, so be it.
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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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