might/may as well

idiom

1

—used to say that something should be done or accepted because it cannot be avoided or because there is no good reason not to do it

You might as well tell them the truth.

We may as well begin now.

(informal) "Should we start now?" "Might as well."

2

—used to say that something else could have been done with the same result

The party was so dull that I might (just) as well have stayed home.

Examples of might/may as well in a Sentence

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Call it a love letter as well, penned with undying admiration and possibly a soupçon of nostalgia but not an ounce of sentimentality, for a New Yawk that may as well be the Victorian era. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025

The team had just played four of its last seven games on the road, including a home game sandwiched between two trips that might as well have been held in Las Vegas instead of Los Angeles. —Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025

For him, a presidential act performed silently may as well not have happened. —James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025

Photographed by Phil Oh Aquarius might as well be a fashion sign. —Irene Kim, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025