Approach
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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Amount to and Approach. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/amount_to
Approach & Amount to. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/amount_to>.
Amount to or Approach. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/amount_to.
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