(as) like as not

(as) like as not: (as) like as not british old-fashioned phrase

used for saying that something will probably happen or is probably true

You’ll find him sitting at the table, doing the crossword like as not.

Thesaurus: certain or likely to happen_synonym possible and able to be done_synonym general words meaning to happen_synonym

Main entry: like

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(as) like as ˈnot | like eˈnough | most/very ˈlike idiom

(old-fashioned) quite probably

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She would be in bed by now, as like as not.

Main entry: ↑like_idiom

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like as not — phrasal see as like as not * * * (as) like as not probably she would be in bed by now, like as not … Useful english dictionary
like as not — ► (as) like as not probably. Main Entry: ↑like … English terms dictionary
like as not — phrasal see as like as not … New Collegiate Dictionary
as like as not — phrasal or like as not : in all likelihood : probably like as not, her estimate won t be very good S.L.Payne * * * as like as not (or like as not) : ↑probably … Useful english dictionary
(as) like as not — probably. → like … English new terms dictionary
as like as not — ► (as) like as not probably. Main Entry: ↑like … English terms dictionary
as like as not — or like as not phrasal probably … New Collegiate Dictionary
as like as not — See: as likely as not … New idioms dictionary
Not Your Kind of People — Not Your Kind of People … Википедия
like — like1 [līk] adj. [ME lik, aphetic for ilik < OE gelic, similar, equal, lit., of the same form or shape, akin to Ger gleich < PGmc * galīka < * ga , prefix of uncert. meaning + * līka, body, (ON līk, Goth leik, OE lic): for IE base see… … English World dictionary

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