"take it or leave it" meaning in English

See take it or leave it in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Audio: En-au-take it or leave it.ogg , En-us-take it or leave it.oga
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} take it or leave it
  1. (idiomatic) Denoting that a situation has to be accepted without change, or rejected outright. Tags: idiomatic Translations (accept the situation without change): ber nebo neber (Czech), ber nebo nech být (Czech), ota tai jätä (Finnish), à prendre ou à laisser (French), friss oder stirb (German), eszi, nem eszi, nem kap mást (Hungarian), prendere o lasciare (Italian), wóz albo przewóz (Polish), é pegar ou largar (Portuguese), nemulțumitului i se ia darul (Romanian), calul de dar nu se caută la dinți (Romanian), gabh no guait e (Scottish Gaelic), lentejas, si quieres las comes y si no, las dejas (Spanish), ister al, ister alma (Turkish)
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  2. (idiomatic) Denoting that one does not care about or is unexcited for something. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-take_it_or_leave_it-en-phrase-en:unconcern_or_ambivalence Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English imperative sentences, English terms with placeholder "it", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English imperative sentences: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: take it, or leave it [uncommon] Related terms: Hobson's choice, I don't care

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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