as good as en · ADV
Meanings
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(not-comparable) almost, virtually, practically; tantamount to
Cops as good as said I was a burglar.
Sending the soldiers out into that blizzard was as good as murdering them!
They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves.
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, good.
On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.
2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:
Translations (19)
pl równie dobrze (almost completely) · nl zo goed als (almost completely) · pt praticamente (almost completely) · ru факти́чески (almost completely) · pl niemal (almost completely) · de so gut wie (almost completely) · ru практи́чески (almost completely) · fi käytännössä (almost completely) · pl prawie (almost completely) · fr presque (almost completely) · da så godt som (almost completely) · fr tout comme (almost completely) · nb så godt som (almost completely) · ru всё равно́ что (almost completely) · cmn 几乎 (almost completely) · ru почти́ (almost completely) · fr pratiquement (almost completely) · sv så gott som (almost completely) · fr déjà (almost completely)