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not a patch on

not a patch on phrase: not an improvement over something; not nearly as good as something; much worse than.

Phrase

not a patch on

  1. Not an improvement over something; not nearly as good as something; much worse than.
    • The new model is not a patch on the original version.

Questions about not a patch on

What does not a patch on mean?
Not a patch on means not an improvement over something; not nearly as good as something; much worse than.
What part of speech is not a patch on?
Not a patch on is a phrase.

Words near not a patch on in the dictionary

  1. not a little
  2. not a living soul
  3. not a minute too soon
  4. not a moment too soon
  5. not a one
  6. not a patch on
  7. not a pretty sight
  8. not a sausage
  9. not a soul
  10. not a word
  11. not a word of a lie

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