why not

Meaning

1. Editorial65% of films

   used to ask why something is not so, was not done, or is not allowed

2. Oxford35% of films

   used to make or agree to a suggestion

In the movies · 269

• - Yeah, we could. Why not? I don't know. - Yeah.Stranger Than Paradise1984
• Why not? It's easier that way.Barfly1987
• Well, why not? Maybe if I write about him, they'll let me direct it.White Dog1982
• Yeah. Why not? Why not?Grizzly Man2005
• Uh, why not?Wonka2023
• Why not now?The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013
• Okay Why notDark Phoenix2019
• Well, why not?The Fall Guy2024

From the same entry

• why ever
• the whys and wherefores

More idioms

• you're kidding
• keep your ears open
• or anything
• in person
• take turns
• by itself
• in the meantime
• be in control
• beat about the bush
• to cut a long story short
• the elephant in the room
• keep an eye open