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likely as not
Idioms and Phrases
see like as not . Also see under unlikely .Example Sentences
In fact, the feckless President Trump we knew wasn’t even vaguely prepared to replace 50,000 civil servants with his own people during his last few months in office or, likely as not, over the following four years had he been re-elected.
Perhaps he will eventually be freed, likely as not when the empire judges he's approaching death's door.
The group concluded it was “about as likely as not†that a pathogen new to U.K. waters – a potential disease or parasite – caused the crab deaths.
The new report by 11 experts found it was "about as likely as not" a pathogen new to UK waters caused the die-off.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is as likely as not to leave rates right where they are on Tuesday, according to traders emboldened by signs of a peak in price pressures.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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