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simple as

simple as interjection: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, as.

Interjection

simple as

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, as.
  2. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) Used to denote that an action or situation is uncomplicated and simple.
    • If you're doing something that nobody wants to see and I'm at that place, then one of us is in the wrong place. Simple as.
    Synonyms:
    simple as that, it's as simple as that

Synonyms of simple as

Origin of simple as

Ellipsis of as simple as that or simple as simple does.

Questions about simple as

What does simple as mean?
Simple as means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, as.
What part of speech is simple as?
Simple as is an interjection.

Words near simple as in the dictionary

  1. Simpkins Creek
  2. Simpkinses
  3. simple
  4. simple algebra
  5. simple algebras
  6. simple as
  7. simple as a pimple
  8. simple as kiss your hand
  9. simple connectedness
  10. simple connectivity
  11. simple continued fraction

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