i would sooner do

Meaning

1. I, etc. would sooner do sth (than sth else)

   to prefer to do sth (than do sth else)

   She'd sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents.

From the same entry

• no sooner said than done
• no sooner… than
• the sooner the better
• sooner or later
• sooner rather than later
• anytime soon
• I, would just as soon do
• least said soonest mended