on a par with

1. As good as, equal to, as in This violinist may be an amateur but he's on a par with professional orchestral players. The noun par has meant “that which is equal” since the mid-1600s; the idiom here was first recorded in 1832.

Example Sentences

The average house price in Jersey was £569,000, the report said, which was on a par with London and 50% higher in the south-east of England.

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If you have a sweet tooth and would like to make a board that’s on a par with dessert, try topping your butter with fruit compote, macerated strawberries or vanilla bean alongside drizzles of maple syrup or honey.

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A universal tariff of 20%, or its equivalent, would be a historic hit to the global trading system, on a par with the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariffs nearly a century ago.

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The government is raising the state pension by 4.1% this April, on a par with average earnings.

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On Sunday night, Friedrich Merz put Donald Trump's America on a par with Russia - widely viewed here as a security threat to Europe more broadly.

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