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If the Democrats want to insult women by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it.
Mike Huckabee

Meaning of "so be it" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SO BE IT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SO BE IT

so
so as
so far
so far, so good
so help me
so long
so much
so much for
so that
so there
so to speak
so what!
so-and-so
so-called
so-so
soak
soak test
soakage
soakaway
soaked

WORDS THAT END LIKE SO BE IT

cane it
come it
have it
I have it
large it
let someone have it
lose it
make it
put that in your pipe and smoke it
take it
that´s done it
that´s more like it
the noes have it
you name it

Synonyms and antonyms of so be it in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «so be it» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SO BE IT

Find out the translation of so be it to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of so be it from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «so be it» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

就这样吧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

así sea
570 millions of speakers

English

so be it
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऐसा ही होगा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فليكن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

так и будет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

que assim seja
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তাই এটা হতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ainsi soit-il
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Begitu juga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

so soll es sein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

それならそれでよい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그래서 수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Supaya dadi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vì vậy nó
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதனால் இருங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असेच होईल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

öyle olsun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

così sia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tak będzie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

так і буде
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

așa să fie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έτσι ώστε να είναι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laat dit so wees
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

så var det
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

så bli det
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of so be it

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SO BE IT»

The term «so be it» is very widely used and occupies the 3.707 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SO BE IT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about so be it

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10 QUOTES WITH «SO BE IT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word so be it.
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Criss Angel
I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don't live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it.
2
Dirk Benedict
If you want to have great success, you'd better give them what they want, but so be it.
3
Rose Bird
My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.
4
Deepak Chopra
Traditional Islam is a mixture of all obedience to Allah, and if that requires militancy, so be it.
5
Cat Deeley
A girl's got to do what she's got to do to make somebody pay her a compliment. If that means moaning 'til the cows come home, then so be it.
6
Sadie Frost
If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
7
Ian Hislop
They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it.
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Mike Huckabee
If the Democrats want to insult women by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it.
9
Maynard James Keenan
People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.
10
Malaika Arora Khan
I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SO BE IT»

Discover the use of so be it in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to so be it and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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So B. It
You couldn′t really tell about Mama′s brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke.
Sarah Weeks, 2009
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So B. It
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
Sarah Weeks, 2004
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So B. It
You couldn′t really tell about Mama′s brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke.
Sarah Weeks, 2004
4
So Be It
So be it.” “There you go. So be it. Trust me, that prayer will help get you through it . As long as you know that prayer, you can be confident that you'll get through it.” “ I don't pray anymore. I'm an atheist now, remember?” “I remember. You can ...
John Paul, 2011
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So Be It
Viola Harvey Smith. it happen all at once, like being wound up, or bit by bit?" the rabbit asked. "It doesn't happen all at once," said the skin horse. "You become. It takes a long, long time. That is why it doesn't happen often to people who break ...
Viola Harvey Smith, 2003
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So be It--: How I Found Myself in this Crazy World
How I Found Myself in this Crazy World Latika Tripathi. lion love. Like the masculine element learning to contain the female energy, like the balance of yin- yang. A lot of us confuse spirituality with sombreness, but I have found a unique quality ...
Latika Tripathi, 2009
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An Historical Syntax of the English Language
In late Middle and early Modern English. The colligation how well corresponds to Modern Dutch hoewel = although. ci 460 Fortescue, Abs. & Lim. Mon. iii (1885) 113, How so be it that be Frenche kynge reignith vppon is peple .... yet . . . (etc.) ...
F. Th Visser, 1963
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Semantics:
For there is a so-be-it component in the tropic of permission-granting and exemption-granting utterances; and it is this component that is commonly grammaticalized in the imperative and the so-called subjunctive of will. If permission is ...
John Lyons, 1977
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The Black Hermit
So be it, oh Creator. ELDERS: So be it, oh Creator. LEADER: So be it, oh great Creator. ELDERS: So be it, thou shining Creator. LEADER: The sun shall not be hotter than our medicine. ELDERS: So be it, oh Creator. LEADER: The wind shall  ...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1993
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Western Law, Russian Justice: Dostoevsky, the Jury Trial, ...
Father Zosima's statements and philosophy in “So Be It! So Be It!” however, cannot enjoy the same privilege as they do in his hagiography, for Dostoevsky presents them not as a part of hagiography but as part of a heated argument.
Gary Rosenshield, 2005

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SO BE IT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term so be it is used in the context of the following news items.
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If Caitlyn Jenner's advocacy is what we've got, so be it: On “I Am Cait …
While I might have wondered ever-so-critically what Judith Butler would make of Jenner's show as I watched it, the fact is that many of the people who will tune in ... «Salon, Jul 15»
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“If we run and they kill us, so be it. But we have to run now.”
At the beginning of last year, when Hadiza had arrived at Chibok, there had been no beds in dorm room, so Blessed offered hers. From that moment on they ... «Matter, Oct 14»

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