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what can you do

phrase

Definitions

  1. A rhetorical question expressing that an undesirable situation is inevitable.

    • Near-synonyms: what can I say, what is one to do; it is what it is
    • I bend my head over the paper, screw up my eyes, trying to read what it says, but it's no use, I can hardly see to read now, the print's so small that I can't read much except the headlines. Oh, well, what can you do?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA