as someone or something goes

as someone or something goes
as (someone or something) goes
— used to compare someone or something with someone or something else of the same kind

As lectures go, it was very interesting.

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Main Entry:go

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  • as something goes — as someone/​something goes phrase when you consider what other people or things of the same type are like As history textbooks go, this one is pretty good. Thesaurus: ways of comparing thingssynonym Main entry: go …   Useful english dictionary

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  • goes for — (something) goes for (someone/something else) something is also true for someone or something else. Jordan is famous, but he s not comfortable in a crowd the same goes for most movie stars and politicians. San Francisco should have a beautiful… …   New idioms dictionary

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