just as soon

1. Also, as soon. Rather, more readily; also, equally. For example, I'd just as soon you took care of it, or I would as soon recover before I go and baby-sit, or I'd as soon have the lamb as the beef. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

But just as soon as Dawn’s joy began, mine ended, and the character was again relegated to a cursory sketch of a doting athlete’s girlfriend, depressingly in line with overly masculine portrayals of women in early millennium sports films.

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Still, ”everybody is really, really working their tails off to put this fire out just as soon as they can,” he said.

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One try, 10 carries, 18 tackles - he was an absolute pest just as soon as the Lions settled down after their initial ropey period.

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She even has a plan to get Leo’s mixtape heard by the hottest club owner in town, and she’ll finish explaining it just as soon as she’s finished vogueing with real-life ballroom staple Natasha Twist.

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But he’d just as soon the Galaxy hold off on that improvement until the Quakes have left town.

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Related Words

• sooner 
• willingly