Phrases & Expressions

To suggest doing something because it is the most logical or easiest choice in the situation.

• You may as well stay for dinner.
• We may as well go.

To achieve a goal that was set.

• We need to meet our sales target.
• He always meets his targets.

A performance level that is satisfactory and meets the required standards.

• His work meets expectations.
• This rating means meets expectations.

To disappear gradually and completely.

• Watch your worries melt away in the heat.
• After a long walk, the stress seemed to melt away.

To suggest doing something because it is the most logical or easiest choice in the situation.

• We might as well start now.
• You might as well try.

To lose an opportunity to do something because you are too slow to act.

• You'll miss the boat if you don't decide soon.
• I missed the boat on that investment.

To fail to understand what is important.

• You're missing the point entirely.
• He missed the point of the joke.

Used to say that you or someone else has done something perfectly.

• You finished the project on time? Nailed it!
• She gave the presentation flawlessly. She really nailed it.

Used to introduce something that is so obvious it hardly needs to be said.

• You have a test tomorrow morning — needless to say, you can't stay out late tonight.
• Needless to say, you shouldn't have waited until Christmas Eve to do your shopping — the stores will be packed.

Used to emphasize that what you are saying is true and serious.

• No cap, I saw him there yesterday.
• This is the best pizza I've ever had, no cap.