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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That saying might as well be Bommarito’s theme song because it’s said so much at his facilities. —

Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025 To juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, a tasty squid might as well be a disco ball. —

Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025 After Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles, the biggest winner of Super Bowl LIX may as well have been President Donald Trump himself. —

Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025 In one, the Boston commoners Barney and Ann Smith might as well be English nobles for all the red drapery surrounding them. —

Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for might/may as well

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