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What does it is what it is mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word it is what it is? Here's what it means.

Proverb
  1. (literally, sometimes philosophical) This thing has its own distinct nature; this thing is itself.
  2. (idiomatic) This circumstance is simply a fact and must be accepted or dealt with as it exists.
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I would prefer to start further up than where I am, but it is what it is and we'll just go out there and get to work.
I shall not criticize the Treaty of Versailles. It is a fact. It is what it is.
It is what it is, and it's best not to invent spurious reasons to discard evidence just because you don't like it.
That every thing has a real constitution, whereby it is what it is, and on which its sensible qualities depend, is past doubt.

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