on a par with

Idioms  

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.

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on a par with

This summer’s Northern Hemisphere heat wave has been a mass casualty event, on a par with the recent earthquakes in Venezuela.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

It’s almost on a par with the three network carriers.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

When looking at the waits per head of population, gynaecology is on a par with trauma and orthopaedics as the two specialties with the longest waiting lists in Wales.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Global deliveries will be on a par with last year’s and BMW’s fully-electric vehicles should account for the same share of sales as 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Multiply these daily frustrations by a few billion, and you begin to see that the curse of knowledge is a pervasive drag on the strivings of humanity, on a par with corruption, disease, and entropy.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker