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 blisters are the cost of doing business, so be it.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

If they have to sleep there, so be it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

If that means the California and Tennessee properties will be put in a trust and divided equally among your sons, so be it.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

If doing a few airborne laps of the president's new Scottish golf course are par for the course on board the presidential helicopter and en route to a private dinner with him, so be it.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

If an IV solution normally used in hospitals and at the scene of accidents was now being used during the halftime of a high school football game to ease complaints of exhaustion, so be it.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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