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as good as it gets

as good as it gets phrase: the best available under the circumstances.

Phrase

as good as it gets

  1. The best available under the circumstances.

Questions about as good as it gets

What does as good as it gets mean?
As good as it gets means the best available under the circumstances.
What part of speech is as good as it gets?
As good as it gets is a phrase.

Words near as good as it gets in the dictionary

  1. as game as Ned Kelly
  2. as get-out
  3. as God intended
  4. as God is my witness
  5. as good as
  6. as good as it gets
  7. as good as new
  8. as happy as a pig in mud
  9. as heck
  10. as hell
  11. as I live and breathe

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