more often than not

Idioms and Phrases

Also, often as not . Fairly frequently, more than or at least half the time, as in More often than not we'll have dinner in the den , or Dean and Chris agree on travel plans, often as not . [First half of 1900s]

Related Words

• commonly
• consistently
• customarily
• frequently
• generally
• mostly
• naturally
• normally
• occasionally
• often
• ordinarily
• regularly
• routinely
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