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as good as

adv

Definitions

  1. almost, virtually, practically

    almost, virtually, practically; tantamount to

    • Sending the soldiers out into that blizzard was as good as murdering them!
    • Cops as good as said I was a burglar.
    • They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, good.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for as good as. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA