amount to the same thing
idiom
: to have very little difference
"Lying and cheating amount to the same thing," she said.
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Or a woman in control of her body, her image, her intellectual property, her career, her life (which, in this case, all amount to the same thing).
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
But for reporters at the press conference, that didn’t seem to amount to the same thing as saying the Dolphins aren’t trying to replace him with Watson.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 30 Oct. 2021
But big risks and small risks amount to the same thing: risk.
—Michael McMullen, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
Then again, maybe narcissism and living for half a millennia simply amount to the same thing, and that’s the point of the flashback.
—Devon Maloney, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2021
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
But for reporters at the press conference, that didn’t seem to amount to the same thing as saying the Dolphins aren’t trying to replace him with Watson.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 30 Oct. 2021
But big risks and small risks amount to the same thing: risk.
—Michael McMullen, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
Then again, maybe narcissism and living for half a millennia simply amount to the same thing, and that’s the point of the flashback.
—Devon Maloney, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2021
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“Amount to the same thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to%20the%20same%20thing. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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