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so much the better

so much the better phrase: that is or would be even better.

Phrase

so much the better

  1. That is or would be even better.
    • Its business was to block change, not advance it, and if it thereby obstructed something he himself, as a very conservative fellow, disliked, so much the better.2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”, in The Economist

Synonyms of so much the better

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Questions about so much the better

What does so much the better mean?
So much the better means that is or would be even better.
What part of speech is so much the better?
So much the better is a phrase.

Words near so much the better in the dictionary

  1. so mote it be
  2. so much
  3. so much as
  4. so much for
  5. so much so
  6. so much the better
  7. so much the worse
  8. so much the worse for
  9. so much win
  10. so on
  11. so quiet one can hear a pin drop

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