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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The saying may as well apply to the form of the bio-musical itself. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024 The words might as well have come from Stern himself. —

Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024 The contrasts with Trump’s rally at the Garden were too numerous to list—these were events for what might as well be different countries. —

Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024 Sure enough, both Everett (8-8) and Modi (7-9) might as well have been calling heads or tails. —

Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for might/may as well

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