come to the same thing

Idioms  

1. see amount to the same thing.

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Example Sentences

But doesn’t that come to the same thing in the end?

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Joyce McKinney could be seen as an example of life's rich pageant or a case study in the terminally screwed-up nature of the human species, and for Morris that may come to the same thing.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2011

I believe it will come to the same thing.

From Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

To be able to be at ease, and to be obliged to be at ease, do they not come to the same thing!

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

“It will come to the same thing in the end.”

From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Webb, Archibald