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would rather

British pronunciation/wʊd ɹˈɑːðə/
American pronunciation/wʊd ɹˈæðɚ/
would rather
[PHRASE]
1

used to say one would prefer to have or do something

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Examples
1You can make your competitors catch cold and make them not do what they would rather do.
2A nurse took Helen to her room and told Sam that he could go home and she would call him when the baby arrived, but Sam said he would rather wait at the hospital.
3But it was not easy for me I would rather have shown him my love.
4He could live here at Thrushcross Grange, which is a finer house than Wuthering Heights, but he would rather receive rent than live comfortably.
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