as good as

as good as (not comparable)

1. almost, virtually, practically; tantamount to

   Sending the soldiers out into that blizzard was as good as murdering them!

   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:

     They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves.

   • 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:

     On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.