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it is as it is

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Phrase

it is as it is

  1. Synonym of it is what it is.
    • Well, it is as it is, and must be borne. It shall be borne undespondingly, though not without grief.1859 October 5, [Lajos] Kossuth, quotee, “Kossuth and Napoleon [III]”, in The Nonconformist, volume XIX (New Series), number 727, London, →OCLC, page 803, column 2
    • Well, it is as it is. Thank God. I believe this was ordained. I feel you and I will live to the end of this.1916, Katharine Searle, “‘Hatred’”, in Three War Sketches […], Cambridge, Mass.: The Powell Printing Company, →OCLC, page 47

Synonyms of it is as it is

Questions about it is as it is

What does it is as it is mean?
It is as it is means synonym of it is what it is.
What part of speech is it is as it is?
It is as it is is a phrase.

Words near it is as it is in the dictionary

  1. it happens to the best of us
  2. it is a wise child that knows his own father
  3. it is always darkest before the dawn
  4. it is always darkest just before the dawn
  5. it is and it isn't
  6. it is as it is
  7. it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
  8. it is darkest before the dawn
  9. it is darkest just before the dawn
  10. it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
  11. it is easy to be wise after the event

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