as near as matters
phraseEtymology
An illogical formation, perhaps by confusion with "as near as makes no odds" or similar.
Definitions
Close enough not to matter, or to be essentially the same.
- As near as matters, three billion people would be hearing him. And, as near as matters, one billion Martians.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for as near as matters. 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