en tout état de cause
French
Etymology
Literally, “in all state of case”, or more loosely translated as “whatever the advancement of the case may be”, from cause in the sense of "(legal) case".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃ tu.t‿e.ta d(ə) koz/
Adverb
- at any rate, in any case, anyway
- Synonyms: en tout cas, quoi qu’il en soit
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