if it's all the same

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if it's all the same

1. (idiomatic) If it makes no difference; if nobody minds; if it doesn't bother anyone.

   If it's all the same to you, I'd prefer to stay at a hotel instead of at your house.

   • 1919, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Pictures”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 171:

     “Well, am I goin' your way, or are you comin' mine?” he asked. “I'll come with you, if it's all the same,” said Miss Moss. And she sailed after the little yacht out of the café.