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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Thirty minutes into the game, he called Santa in shock that somebody as good as Miller could possibly be pitching at Waynesburg.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Again: Some voice therapy and I’d be as good as new.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
A reporter is only as good as his or her sources, their knowledge, truthfulness and credibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
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
And, oh, how stupid to risk a job that, however much she resented it, was as good as she could hope for.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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