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let the chips fall where they may

idiom

To allow events to unfold naturally; to accept what occurs without prejudice, worry, or regret.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    buy to let

    To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it

  2. 02

    cash in one's chips

    To discontinue an activity, accepting whatever gains or losses one has incurred; to give up.

  3. 03

    don't let the door hit you on the way out

    Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

  4. 04

    fall apart

    To be emotionally in crisis.

  5. 05

    fall around

    To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.

  6. 06

    fall asleep

    To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.

  7. 07

    fall at the last hurdle

    To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.

  8. 08

    fall behind

    To be late (for a regular event)

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