one and the same

English

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Determiner

one and the same

  1. (idiomatic) The selfsame person or thing. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things.
    It's almost as if there's one electron in two places at one and the same time.

Noun

one and the same

  1. (idiomatic) The selfsame person or thing. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things.
    Are the beautiful and the good one and the same?
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