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English
Interjection
as you like
- Expressing unenthusiastic consent.
- So, we'll buy the green one, then?
- As you like.
1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret Adversary:"Oh," he said, "so you're Conrad, are you? It strikes me the thickness of my skull was lucky for you too. When I look at you I feel it's almost a pity I've enabled you to cheat the hangman."
The man snarled, and the bearded man said quietly:
"He would have run no risk of that."
"Just as you like," replied Tommy. "I know it's the fashion to run down the police. I rather believe in them myself."
Synonyms
Translations
unenthusiastic consent
- Arabic:
- Hijazi Arabic: زي ما تبغى (zayy mā tibḡa)
- Japanese: どうぞお好きな様に (どうぞおすきなように, dōzo o-suki-na yōni) (formally), どうぞご勝手に (どうぞごかってに, dōzo go-katte-ni) (politely), 好きにすれば (すきにすれば, suki-ni sureba) (arrogantly)
- Spanish: como quieras
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Prepositional phrase
as you like
- (colloquial) To any extent or degree.
- Synonym: as you please
So he walks in, calm as you like, and demands all the money from the till.
2012, V M Jones, Beyond the Shroud:But the weird thing was, there was no working-out at all — just the sum, with that brackety thing with the line on top, and the answer written up above it, tidy as you like.