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on level terms

on level terms prepositional phrase: in a state of fair competition.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In a state of fair competition.
    • Your Committee, having carefully considered the great volume of evidence placed before them, have come to the conclusion that the present condition of the Hop Industry is not merely one of temporary depression, but that, unless effective measures are taken to enable English growers to compete on...1908, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers - Volume 8, page xlvi
    • Carrados knew quite enough of flint implements—as indeed he seemed to know enough of any subject beneath the sun—to be able to talk on level terms with an expert, and he was quite equal to meeting a reference to Evans or to Nadaillac with another.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Questions about on level terms

What does on level terms mean?
On level terms means in a state of fair competition.
What part of speech is on level terms?
On level terms is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on level terms in the dictionary

  1. on its way out
  2. on Jah
  3. on job
  4. on keel
  5. on leg
  6. on level terms
  7. on like Donkey Kong
  8. on line
  9. on loan
  10. on lobby terms
  11. on location

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