as good as
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see good as.
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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
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Super Micro Computer spiked 69% in May—not quite as good as its rival, Dell, but not too shabby.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
A fairy tale, almost, as you point out, full of fairy-tale endings and plot points that were as good as magic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
“The market is really feeling buoyant, but we are only as good as the works we can get.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Compounded hormones are only as good as the compounding pharmacy.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
My visibility is not as good as it was before, but it is close.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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