just\ the\ same

just\ the\ same
• all the same
• just the same
I. n. phr.
Something that makes no difference; a choice that you don't care about.

If it's all the same to you, I would like to be waited on first.

You can get there by car or by bus - it's all one.

II. adv. phr. informal
As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still.

Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same.

Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just the same.

Johnny was given up by the doctors after the accident, but he lived just the same.

Compare: at that(3), in spite of

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  • just the same — phrasal see all the same …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • all the same(2) — or[just the same] {adv. phr.}, {informal} As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still. * /Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same./ * /Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just the same./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all the same — or just the same phrasal despite everything ; nevertheless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • The Song Remains the Same (album) — Infobox Album Name = The Song Remains the Same Type = live Artist = Led Zeppelin Released = September 28, 1976 Recorded = July 27, 1973 – July 29, 1973 at Madison Square Garden, New York Length = 99:45 (original album) / 131:55 (2007 edition)… …   Wikipedia

  • The Song Remains the Same (song) — Infobox Song Name = The Song Remains the Same Artist = Led Zeppelin Album = Houses of the Holy Released = 28 March 1973 track no = 1 Recorded = 1972 Genre = Hard rock, heavy metal Length = 5:30 Label = Atlantic Writer = Page/Plant Producer =… …   Wikipedia

  • All the same — All All, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. And cheeks all pale. Byron. [1913 Webster] Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • same — See: AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE SAME, or JUST THE SAME, IN THE SAME BREATH, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE, ONE AND THE SAME …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • same — See: AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE SAME, or JUST THE SAME, IN THE SAME BREATH, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE, ONE AND THE SAME …   Dictionary of American idioms

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