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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Partly, that is because management has done some decently good things—not as good as they say they have, but objectively, they have done some decently good things.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Infiniti: The first thing it really taught me was that my posture is not as good as I thought it was because those costumes really force you to take over perfect posture.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Their upbringings may have been vastly different but the net result is not: they’re winners, as good as it gets at this.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
"Manchester United have played against Bayern Munich now and have seen that for as good as they've been, they are not perfect, no side is perfect," former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha told Disney+.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Despite fear, we’re doing okay—trying to balance, to be as good as Nessa.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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