amount to the same thing

Idioms  

1. Also, come to the same thing. Make no difference, be the same, as in Since it's supposed to rain all day, whether I go outdoors now or later will amount to the same thing, or Paying in cash or with a credit card, it comes to the same thing.

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Example Sentences

They give different reasons but the actions of Ms Sturgeon and Mr Jack amount to the same thing — both deleted messages which they knew a public inquiry would want to see.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

I’ve often wondered if Williams invented these tidbits or collected them, or both — or if having a fertile imagination and a finely tuned ear finally amount to the same thing.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2020

There are two definitions of existential threat, though they often amount to the same thing.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2020

By fate or happenstance — in fiction, of course, where coincidence is a tool, they amount to the same thing — Dud runs out of gas in front of the local Lynx lodge, Lodge 49.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2018

I have come to understand, however, that the illusion of perfect control can amount to the same thing.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart