in any event
• whatever happens or may have happened.
• "in any event, I was not in a position to undertake such a task"
Similar:
regardless,
regardless of what happens,
whatever happens,
come what may,
no matter what,
at any rate,
in any case,
anyhow,
anyway,
even so,
still,
nevertheless,
nonetheless,
still and all,
anyways,
howbeit,
natheless,
