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good as, as
1as good as
2Idioms and Phrases
Practically, in effect, almost the same as, as in He as good as promised to buy a new car , or The house is as good as sold . This idiom is very widely used to modify just about any verb, adverb, or adjective. However, it has been used so often with certain words that together they themselves now make up idioms (see the following entries beginning with good as ).Example Sentences
Yet as good as the fights are, you leave talking about the music.
It didn't taste as good as real chocolate, and it didn't melt in your mouth in the same way, apparently.
Use the time to start a band half as good as Amyl & the Sniffers.
The gig, as good as it was, also served as a sobering reality check that a big break still required patience.
For one thing, it is free; if you want to get technical and say tax dollars fund it, it is, for the consumer, as good as free — an estimated $1.50 per American per year.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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