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if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
informal sayingDefinition
(Definition of if you can't beat 'em, join 'em from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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if noun
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if only idiom
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if the cap fits, wear it idiom
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if the worst comes to the worst idiom
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if you ask me idiom
- if you can't beat 'em, join 'em idiom
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if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen idiom
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if you don't mind me saying idiom
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if you like idiom
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if you take my meaning idiom
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if you'll pardon the expression idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Adapting and modifying
Synonyms and related words:
- acclimatize verb
- accommodate verb (SUIT)
- adapt verb (BECOME FAMILIAR)
- adapt verb (CHANGE)
- adaptable adjective
- adjustable adjective
- adjustment noun (BECOMING FAMILIAR)
- amend verb
- amendment noun
- chameleon noun (PERSON)
- change with/keep up with/move with the times idiom
- modification noun (CHANGE)
- modification noun (LANGUAGE)
- pliant adjective (PERSON)
- put sth back phrasal verb (OF CLOCK)
- put sth forward phrasal verb
- revision noun (CHANGE)
- turn the tables on sb idiom
- twist verb (CHANGE)
- write sb out of sth phrasal verb
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