under the circumstances

[under the circumstances] also [in the circumstances] {adv. phr.}

In the existing situation; in the present condition; as things are.

* /In the circumstances, Father couldn't risk giving up his job./

* /Under the circumstances, the stagecoach passengers had to give the robbers their money./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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