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if it's all the same

if it's all the same phrase: if it makes no difference; if nobody minds; if it doesn't bother anyone.

Phrase

if it's all the same

  1. (idiomatic) If it makes no difference; if nobody minds; if it doesn't bother anyone.
    • If it's all the same to you, I'd prefer to stay at a hotel instead of at your house.
    • “Well, am I goin' your way, or are you comin' mine?” he asked. “I'll come with you, if it's all the same,” said Miss Moss. And she sailed after the little yacht out of the café.1919, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Pictures”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 171

Questions about if it's all the same

What does if it's all the same mean?
If it's all the same means if it makes no difference; if nobody minds; if it doesn't bother anyone.
What part of speech is if it's all the same?
If it's all the same is a phrase.

Words near if it's all the same in the dictionary

  1. if it looks, swims, walks and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck
  2. if it wasn't
  3. if it were not for
  4. if it works, it works
  5. if it you please
  6. if it's all the same
  7. if it's not one thing it's another
  8. if it's the last thing I do
  9. if it's yellow let it mellow
  10. if it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down
  11. if looks could kill

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