good as, as

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as good as

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Idioms 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

Are the Chargers as good as their 6-3 record suggests?

From Los Angeles Times

The current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is as good as gone.

From Salon

Like actually, Sleep Token are as good as all these other bands, and you should get on board with them.

From BBC

“And hopefully, when people review the show and all the different seasons, they're not going to think, ‘Oh, God, this went downhill,’ or ‘This isn't as good as it used to be.’

From Salon

“But I got people telling me my career isn’t as good as someone else’s because of the complexion of my skin? No, babe, I won’t let you project that onto me.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• about
• approximately
• around
• essentially
• most
• much
• practically
• relatively
• roughly
• virtually