as you like

English

Interjection

as you like

1. Expressing unenthusiastic consent.

   - So, we'll buy the green one, then?
   - As you like.

   • 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret Adversary:

     "Oh," he said, "so you're Conrad, are you? It strikes me the thickness of my skull was lucky for you too. When I look at you I feel it's almost a pity I've enabled you to cheat the hangman."
     The man snarled, and the bearded man said quietly:
     "He would have run no risk of that."
     "Just as you like," replied Tommy. "I know it's the fashion to run down the police. I rather believe in them myself."

Synonyms

• as you wish

Translations

unenthusiastic consent

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: زي ما تبغى (zayy mā tibḡa)

• Japanese: どうぞお好きな様に (どうぞおすきなように, dōzo o-suki-na yōni) (formally), どうぞご勝手に (どうぞごかってに, dōzo go-katte-ni) (politely), 好きにすれば (すきにすれば, suki-ni sureba) (arrogantly)
• Spanish: como quieras

Prepositional phrase

as you like

1. (colloquial) To any extent or degree.

   Synonym: as you please

   So he walks in, calm as you like, and demands all the money from the till.

   • 2012, V M Jones, Beyond the Shroud:

     But the weird thing was, there was no working-out at all — just the sum, with that brackety thing with the line on top, and the answer written up above it, tidy as you like.