📚 If you can't beat them, join them, phrase. ❓ Definition (humorous): If you are unable to outdo rivals in some endeavour, you might as well cooperate with them and thereby possibly gain an advantage. ❗️ Examples: 1. Steve took the view that if you can't beat them, join them. 2. You're saying if you can't beat them, join them. 3. But they have increasingly taken the view that if you can't beat them, join them, and begun offering similar, competitive services. 4. The only solution as far as I can see it is if you can't beat them, join them. 5. Like everyone says, if you can't beat them, join them. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic