might/may as well
idiom
1
—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."
2
—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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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
After he was traded to the team in 2005, the Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson forsook his own Mississippi Mudflap, becoming business-in-the-front-business-in-the-back, which might as well be the Yankees’ motto.
—Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
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—Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Trump might as well say that a mugging victim shouldn’t have punched the attacker’s fist with his nose.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
After he was traded to the team in 2005, the Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson forsook his own Mississippi Mudflap, becoming business-in-the-front-business-in-the-back, which might as well be the Yankees’ motto.
—Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Chargers might as well ask Bosa to take a pay cut for a second straight season.
—Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Trump might as well say that a mugging victim shouldn’t have punched the attacker’s fist with his nose.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Might/may as well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/might%2Fmay%20as%20well. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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