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not so much

not so much phrase: indicates that the speaker identifies with a prior statement to a much lesser degree (or not at all) than the other person.

Phrase

not so much

  1. Indicates that the speaker identifies with a prior statement to a much lesser degree (or not at all) than the other person.
    • My mom really likes spinach; me, not so much.
  2. Indicates that one factor is much more relevant or important than another.
    • It's not so much that he's a bad person, but that his political views are too extreme.

Questions about not so much

What does not so much mean?
Not so much means indicates that the speaker identifies with a prior statement to a much lesser degree (or not at all) than the other person.
What part of speech is not so much?
Not so much is a phrase.

Words near not so much in the dictionary

  1. not see for looking
  2. not see someone for dust
  3. not see straight
  4. not so fast
  5. not so hot
  6. not so much
  7. not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys
  8. not that
  9. not that I know of
  10. not the brightest bulb
  11. not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

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