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by the same token

by the same token prepositional phrase: for a similar reason; in a similar manner; by virtue of the selfsame phenomenon, through its various aspects.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) For a similar reason; in a similar manner; by virtue of the selfsame phenomenon, through its various aspects.
    • The petroleum and gas of eastern Ohio, and by the same token, of western Pennsylvania and New York are unquestionably derived from the great shale formation of Devonian and subcarboniforous age that underlies this territory, and they are stored in sandstones overlying or interstratified with these...1886 June 25, Edward Orton, “Petroleum and Natural Gas as Found in Ohio”, in Science, volume 7, number 177, →JSTOR, page 561
    Synonyms:
    similarly, likewise, along the lines, in the same vein

Synonyms of by the same token

Origin of by the same token

From token (“evidence, proof”) (obsolete sense).

Questions about by the same token

What does by the same token mean?
By the same token means for a similar reason; in a similar manner; by virtue of the selfsame phenomenon, through its various aspects.
What part of speech is by the same token?
By the same token is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by the same token in the dictionary

  1. by the moment
  2. by the name of
  3. by the numbers
  4. by the piece
  5. by the rood
  6. by the same token
  7. by the score
  8. by the skin of one's teeth
  9. by the sly
  10. by the sound of it
  11. by the strong hand

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