wennschon

I Adv. umg.: na (und) wennschon! so what?

II Konj. umg.: wennschon, dennschon if you’re going to do something, you might as well do it properly. there’s no point in doing things by halves

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wẹnn|schon ['vɛnʃoːn]

adv (inf)

(na or und) wennschon! — what of it?, so what? (inf)

wennschon, dennschon! — in for a penny, in for a pound! (esp Brit prov), if you're going to do something at all, you might as well do it properly!

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wenn·schon

[vɛnˈʃo:n]

adv

▶ \wennschon, dennschon! (fam) I/you etc. may as well go the whole hog [or AM the whole nine yards] fam, there's no point in doing things by halves fam [or AM fam a half-assed job]

▶ [na,] \wennschon! so what?, what of it?

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Adverb

wennschon [nicht] ..., dann ... — even if [not] ..., then ...

[na od. und] wennschon! — (ugs.) so what?

wennschon, dennschon — (ugs.) if you're going to do something, you may as well do it properly; no half measures!

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wennschon

A. adv umg:

na (und) wennschon! so what?

B. konj umg:

wennschon, dennschon if you’re going to do something, you might as well do it properly. there’s no point in doing things by halves

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Adverb

wennschon [nicht] ..., dann ... — even if [not] ..., then ...

[na od. und] wennschon! — (ugs.) so what?

wennschon, dennschon — (ugs.) if you're going to do something, you may as well do it properly; no half measures!