SINCE 1828
let the chips fall where they may
idiomDefinition of let the chips fall where they may
US, informal
: to allow events to happen without trying to change them
—usually used to suggest that one is willing to accept a result, whatever it may be I will run the best campaign I can, then let the chips fall where they may.
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