Amount to
Amount to verb - To be the same in meaning or effect.
Usage example: it makes no difference whether you're going to the game or the movies, for it amounts to the same thing—that you can't babysit
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Ambiguously Bi: Lots of characters express what may amount to more intense feelings than mere "friendship" for members of the same sex.
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Express and Amount to. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/amount_to/express
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