liefadverb
/liːf//liːf/sb had/would as lief do sth old use
If someone had/would as lief to do something, they would prefer to do something:
He saw that I would as lief be alone.
More examples
- I'd as lief have him on my side as against me.
- "I'd as lief not invite sister Deane this time," said Mrs Tulliver.
- He muttered that he had as lief stand as sit.
- His clerk would not touch the cheese, saying he had as lief chew soap.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking more
- bias
- each
- fave
- favour
- favourite
- favourite son
- give
- give me ... any day/every time! idiom
- prefer
- preferable
- preferably
- preference
- preferred
- rather
- soon
- top ten
- would
- would (just) as soon idiom