Meaning of as it gets | Babel Free

Definitions

As it is possible to be.

idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“The formal is about 95 per cent hype and hysteria, and about 5 per cent actual formal, and the pre-formal gathering of parents and kids is about as hypey and hysterical as it gets.”

“There is no crying in space, but Monday was perhaps as close as it gets to a blubberfest in space helmets.”

“When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get to see Matt Damon play Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets.”

“Yet, the more real this independence became – the higher grew its cost.Today that cost is as high as it gets.”

“So, we’re going to have the lowest — just about the lowest rate. It will be — the 21 is on the low side worldwide; the 15 is about as low as it gets, and by far the lowest of a large country — a large, you know, rich, powerful country — by far, not even a contest.”

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