All but
All but adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Damn near
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Shout-Out: Damn near every early song of theirs is one lyrically (all but "Cassandra, Pt.2", at least on the first album), but the most notable example might be naming their first album, All The Lights In The Sky after the second Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann movie, The Lights in the Sky Are Stars.
Source: Music / Area 11
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