Advertisement

Advertisement

so be it

  1. 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.



Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

These are the moments where you get all your learnings in, and if you go on a winning run then so be it.

Read more on BBC

“Do you mean they are twins? How unexpected. But it changes nothing. It is only fair—there must be some sacrifice on Pax’s side as well, it seems. So be it! I must . . . be strong! I must . . . do . . . what I have sworn . . . to do!”

Read more on Literature

Glass Lewis’s CEO Bob Mann said in October that “It’s clear that clients in the U.S. are moving. If that’s because the politics of the space is changing, so be it.”

“We need to address the amount of calls they’re going on, and make sure that they’re going on the right calls with the right resources, and if that means us having to change our deployment model, so be it. I have the courage to do that.”

Read more on Los Angeles Times

“We were used almost like a political hostage to get the government back together. So be it, but the good news is that the outlook is really strong, and the holidays will be a good test of that,” he told Bloomberg.

Read more on MarketWatch

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


sobeitsober