0 If you would (just) as soon do something or would sooner do something, you would prefer to do it rather than something else that is possible:
"Would you like to go out for dinner?" "I'd just as soon stay in - I'm not feeling very well."
I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
would (just) as soon