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Phrase(s): had (just) as soon do something [and] would (just) as soon do something
prefer to do something else; to be content to do something. (The would or had is usually expressed as the contraction ’d.) • They want me to go into town. I’d as soon stay home. • If you’re cooking stew tonight, we’d as soon eat somewhere else. • I would just as soon stay home as pay to go to see a bad movie.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs