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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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2025
That general first-term comment might as well be marching orders for Trump’s second-term foreign policy.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Some are small enough to see her approach, while others might as well be mobile mountains of flesh.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
About Chris O’Hara: The Fall Guy may as well have been named STUNTS: The Movie!
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for might/may as well
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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 14 Mar. 2025.
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