English Explanatory Dictionary

as near as matters

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Close enough not to matter, or to be essentially the same.

Word forms

as near as matters

Etymology

An illogical formation, perhaps by confusion with "as near as makes no odds" or similar.

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