if you can't beat them, join them

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if you can't beat them, join them

  1. If one's adversaries are stronger, it is better to join their side.
    • 1985 August 24, “Will You Marry Me? (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 17:
      GWM seeks gay female for liberal marriage. If you can't beat them, join them!

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  • Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 159.