all the same 1 n. phr. Something that makes no difference; a choice that you don't care about. If it's all the same to you, I would like to be waited on first. You can get there by car or by bus it's all one.
all the same 2 adv. phr. , informal As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still. Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same. Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just the same.
Compare: AT THAT 3, IN SPITE OF.