might/may as well

idiom

—used to say that something should be done or accepted because it cannot be avoided or because there is no good reason not to do it

You might as well tell them the truth.

We may as well begin now.

(informal) "Should we start now?" "Might as well."

—used to say that something else could have been done with the same result

The party was so dull that I might (just) as well have stayed home.

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Alito might as well have a Trump-support flag flying over his house. —

Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Then on Saturday, Biden honored Hillary Clinton and liberal philanthropist George Soros with the Presidential Medal of Freedom — a move that might as well have been lab-engineered for maximum MAGA meltdown. —

Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 Discussions with Jeff Marks, director of portfolio analysis for the CNBC Investing Club, that might as well be from yesterday or the day before that. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025 Organize lids with dividers A kitchen cabinet with a bevy of lids might as well be chaos. —

Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for might/may as well

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