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Also, had sooner . Would prefer. For example, I had rather you let me do the driving , or He'd sooner switch than fight . This idiom today is often replaced by would rather . [Late 1500s] Also see just as soon .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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