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If you go 5000 feet, you might as well go a mile.

The concept that if there is an additional benefit to doing slightly more work in the realm of the work one was previously engaged in, that one should do said extra work.
"Why did you decide to learn German"?

"Well I already spoke Yiddish, which is 90% German, so I figured ; If you go 5000 feet, you might as well go a mile."
by JayPlotz September 19, 2016
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if i loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more

from Jane Austen's Emma, meaning that i love you so much that i can even put it into words.
"(name) If I loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more."
by bottomsblues November 13, 2022
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chairs might

-I bought you a drink
=chairs might
by baalbaking58 April 18, 2020
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They Might Be Giants

A band notorious for sucking ass. They wrote a fucking song called Triangle Man. Lyrically they make no sense
We hate Warren and everyone knows They Might Be Giants are his favorite band. Their CD was in his van. Probably. Fairly certain. It should have been
by octoturt February 13, 2022
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Dino Might

the technological precedent to dynomite. Both are very powerful but quite difficult to manage without proper technique
cavemen dug caves by creating holes with dino might.
by Stevelad January 22, 2012
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I might jazmin

by imightjazmin April 9, 2023
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Might got

A short way of saying "may have".
"Don't share nobody's lipstick, they might got a disease"
by #Venom August 28, 2021
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