"tant faire" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Français]

IPA: \tɑ̃ fɛʁ\
  1. Variante de tant qu’à faire. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-tant_faire-fr-adv-e79Dyc0h Categories (other): Termes familiers en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Voir tant qu’à faire."
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        {
          "ref": "Léon Frapié, La maternelle, Librairie Universelle, 1908",
          "text": "— Qu’est-ce qu’elle a dit, ta maman ?\n— Alle a dit comme ça : ah bin tant faire, aurait fallu le tuer tout à fait…"
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