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as it gets

as it gets adverb: as it is possible to be.

Adverb

as it gets (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) As it is possible to be.
    • 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.2007 September 21, Nina Ubaldi, “Lose the hype and formals can be fun”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2026
    • There is no crying in space, but Monday was perhaps as close as it gets to a blubberfest in space helmets.2009 May 19, Dennis Overbye, “As Tasks at Hubble End, No Tears, but It Was Close”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
    Synonyms:
    as they come

Examples of as it gets in a sentence

  • 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.2013 March 11, Adam Markovitz, “Matt Damon on (maybe) returning to ‘Bourne’ and playing Liberace’s lover”, in CNN, archived from the...
  • Yet, the more real this independence became – the higher grew its cost.Today that cost is as high as it gets.2014, Petro Poroshenko, Address to the Joint Session of the United States Congress:
  • 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.2025 January 23, Donald Trump, Remarks at the World Economic Forum:

Synonyms of as it gets

Questions about as it gets

What does as it gets mean?
As it gets means as it is possible to be.
How do you use as it gets in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is as it gets?
As it gets is an adverb.

Words near as it gets in the dictionary

  1. as if there was no tomorrow
  2. as if there were no tomorrow
  3. as if there's no tomorrow
  4. as in
  5. as is
  6. as it gets
  7. as it goes
  8. as it happens
  9. as it is
  10. as it so happens
  11. as it stands

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