From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishso be itso be itspoken used to show you do not like or agree with something, but you will accept it If that means delaying the trip, so be it. → so
Examples from the Corpus
so be it• If we have to break the rules, then so be it.• If he was to be a martyr to this strange woman's caprices, then so be it.• If I must sacrifice a few moments in the interests of subsequent peace and quiet, so be it.• If something happens, so be it.• If they continue to win, so be it.• If they were misunderstood, so be it.• If this makes me a churchgoer, then so be it.• If so was it as bad as it sounded on the radio?• Just as educational opportunity is differentiated on the basis of socio-economic background, so is it on the basis of gender. 