suit oneself

English

Verb

suit oneself (third-person singular simple present suits oneself, present participle suiting oneself, simple past and past participle suited oneself)

1. To do whatever one wants to do.

   Synonyms: do one's own thing, help oneself, knock oneself out; (in the second person, as a reply) whatever floats your boat, you do you

   - Do you want to come out tonight?
   - No, I'm watching TV.
   - Okay. Suit yourself.

Usage notes

As a response in the imperative mood, suit yourself and several of its synonyms sometimes connote that the responder thinks poorly of the choice and implies a notion of very well, it's your loss.

Translations

do whatever you want

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悉隨尊便／悉随尊便 (xī suí zūnbiàn)

• Finnish: tehdä miten haluaa, tehdä miten tahtoa (subject of latter verb changes, such as second-person singular for "suit yourselF")
• French: comme tu voudras, comme tu veux
• German: wie du willst, ganz wie du willst
• Polish: jak sobie chcesz
• Russian: как хо́чешь (ru) (kak xóčešʹ), как хоти́те (kak xotíte)
• Swedish: skyll dig själv, gör vad du vill

See also

• have it your way