may as well
Verb
Meaning
may as well (third-person singular simple present may as well, no present participle, simple past might as well, no past participle)
(idiomatic) Used to express reluctance, to express that if one hypothetical or possible action happened, it would not make any notable difference
Synonyms
Examples
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.
Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.
Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well hang him.
May as well be here, we are as where we are.
You may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.