so be it

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.

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Words nearby so be it

snuggle, snyder, snye, so, so as to, so be it, so far, so far as, so far, so good, so help me, so long
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