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.

Examples of might/may as well in a Sentence

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Callahan, Leverenz, and O’Brien had just borrowed $12.5 million to buy a store of wine that now might as well be on the moon. —Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024

But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024

As long as the Dodgers are getting their World Series rings, they might as well be fitted for the targets on their backs afforded to every championship team too. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024

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