so be it

Idioms

Let it be so, I accept it as it is. For example, If you can't change the reservation, so be it; I'll travel on Monday. This phrase, often given as a translation of the Hebrew (and Greek and Latin) amen, has been employed in the current sense since about 1600.

Example Sentences

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If his friend should think that he was talking about a hair—H-A-I-R—situation, so be it, for it would generate the urgency needed to get to the next part of the plan.

From Literature

If they have to sleep there, so be it.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism – that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased,” Cronkite said.

From Salon

There are some alarming implications to Bill Plaschke’s “If it blows up baseball, so be it.”

From Los Angeles Times

“So be it,” as Plaschke would say, but I can guarantee I won’t be the only one who isn’t watching anymore.

From Los Angeles Times

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