to be tantamount TO something

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• be tantamount to something — formal phrase to have the same bad qualities or effect as something else The new tax is tantamount to stealing from the poor. Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym Main entry: tantamount …   Useful english dictionary

• be tantamount to something — formal to have the same bad qualities or effect as something else The new tax is tantamount to stealing from the poor …   English dictionary

• tantamount — tan|ta|mount [ˈtæntəmaunt] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: tantamount something equal in value (1600 1700), from Anglo French tant amunter to amount to as much ] be tantamount to sth if an action, suggestion, plan etc is tantamount to something bad …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tantamount — tan|ta|mount [ tæntə,maunt ] adjective FORMAL be tantamount to something to have the same bad qualities or effect as something else: The new tax is tantamount to stealing from the poor …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• tantamount — adjective be tantamount to sth if an action, suggestion, plan etc is tantamount to something, it is almost the same thing as it: But that s tantamount to saying poor people are criminals! …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tantamount — UK [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt] / US adjective be tantamount to something …   English dictionary

• tantamount — [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt] adj be tantamount to sth formal to have the same bad qualities or bad effect as something else[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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