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like it or not

like it or not adverb: used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.

Adverb

like it or not

  1. (informal) Used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.
    • Like it or not, influencers’ TikTok dances are being woven into our cultural identities.2026 March 9, Cyrus Veyssi, “In Defense of Influencers”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2026

like it or not meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

like it or not in Tagalog

Translations
sa gusto mo o hindi

like it or not in Arabic

Translations
شَاءَ أَمْ أَبَى šāʔa ʔam ʔabā, شِئْنَا أَمْ أَبَيْنَا šiʔnā ʔam ʔabaynā, شِئْتُم أَمْ أَبَيْتُمْ šiʔtum ʔam ʔabaytum

like it or not in Malay

Translations
suka atau tidak, suka tak suka

like it or not in Indonesian

Translations
suka atau tidak

Origin of like it or not

Ellipsis of whether you like it or not.

Questions about like it or not

What does like it or not mean?
Like it or not means used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.
What is like it or not in Tagalog?
Like it or not in Tagalog is sa gusto mo o hindi. See Like it or not meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is like it or not?
Like it or not is an adverb.

Words near like it or not in the dictionary

  1. like hot cakes
  2. like I care
  3. like I cared
  4. like it or leave it
  5. like it or lump it
  6. like it or not
  7. like it's going out of fashion
  8. like it's going out of style
  9. like it's nobody's business
  10. like kicking a dead whale down the beach
  11. like kicking dead whales down the beach

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