so be it
idiom
—used to say that one is resigned to the fact that one can do nothing to change something
If they insist on going, so be it.
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If the only people who ever listen to my music ever again for the rest of forever are the same 115,000 people who loved Badlands, then so be it.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
If the latter forces your hand with his play, so be it.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
And if marshmallows someday return to that new stadium being built in Evanston, so be it.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
But if 2025 is the year Lindor finally gets back to the All-Star Game, so be it.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
If the latter forces your hand with his play, so be it.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
And if marshmallows someday return to that new stadium being built in Evanston, so be it.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
But if 2025 is the year Lindor finally gets back to the All-Star Game, so be it.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
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“So be it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20be%20it. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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