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if you can't lick them, join them en · X

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  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of if you can't beat them, join them.
    alt of join them
    • "It don't pay to worry and try to change the world," he pointed out. "I always say take things the way they are. If you can't lick 'em, join 'em." 1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 58: