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on a par with
Idioms and Phrases
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
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.
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.
The government is raising the state pension by 4.1% this April, on a par with average earnings.
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.
Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, said: "For the first time, under this change to the law, coercive or controlling behaviour is being placed where it belongs – on a par with serious violent offending."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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