if you can't beat 'em
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If you can't defeat your opponent, then you might as well work alongside them or do what they do. A shortening of the phrase "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." A: "I thought you said you'd never join social media." B: "Yeah, but everybody else has, so if you can't beat 'em."
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- you can run, but you can't hide
- you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- have (one's) bread buttered on both sides
- have your bread buttered on both sides
- can't do anything with
- can't do anything with (someone or something)
- can't have it both ways
- you, etc. can't have it both ways
- yellow dog
- get (someone or something) out of (one's) mind