be that as it may

Idioms  

1. Nevertheless, it may be true but, as in Be that as it may, I can't take your place on Monday. This phrase has its roots in be as be may, used from Chaucer's time for about four centuries. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

But be that as it may, I will answer your question for the United States, and we’ll leave for another day Ukraine.

From Slate • May 25, 2022

I understand this is an adaptation, which they always say when someone doesn't like something, and be that as it may the plot is not moved along with all the distractions in episode 2.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2016

But be that as it may, he’s making the same argument: he can’t be bought.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2016

But be that as it may, what it meant was the federal courts were tremendously involved in shaping prisons in this country during that 20- to 25-year period.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2015

But be that as it may, our attempt was crowned with success, and we could end the sitting with less exhausting exercises.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

Related Words

• nevertheless
• nonetheless
• notwithstanding
• still
• yet