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if you can't beat them, join them

if you can't beat them, join them proverb: if one's adversaries are stronger, it is better to join their side.

Proverb

if you can't beat them, join them

  1. If one's adversaries are stronger, it is better to join their side.
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if you can't beat them, join them meaning in Thai

if you can't beat them, join them in Thai

if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side
ถ้าสู้ไม่ไหวจงเข้าร่วมซะ Tha Su Mai Wai Chong Khao Ruam Sa

Forms of if you can't beat them, join them

alternative formif you can't beat them

Words formed from if you can't beat them, join them

Questions about if you can't beat them, join them

What does if you can't beat them, join them mean?
If you can't beat them, join them means if one's adversaries are stronger, it is better to join their side.
What is if you can't beat them, join them in Thai?
If you can't beat them, join them in Thai is ถ้าสู้ไม่ไหวจงเข้าร่วมซะ (Tha Su Mai Wai Chong Khao Ruam Sa). See If you can't beat them, join them meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is if you can't beat them, join them?
If you can't beat them, join them is a proverb.

Words near if you can't beat them, join them in the dictionary

  1. if you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time
  2. if you ask me
  3. if you believe everything you read, better not to read
  4. if you build it, they will come
  5. if you can't beat them, eat them
  6. if you can't beat them, join them
  7. if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull
  8. if you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, blind them with bullshit
  9. if you can't do the time, don't do the crime
  10. if you can't lick them, join them
  11. if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

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