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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

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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. George Bernard Shaw

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. Muriel Spark

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. Horace Mann

Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well hang him. Italian Proverb

May as well be here, we are as where we are. Australian Aboriginal Proverb

You may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. Danish Proverb

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