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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