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Definition: AS BROAD AS LONG

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. Having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: AS BROAD AS LONG

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. Having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: AS BROAD AS LONG

ExpressionsDefinition
As broad as longHaving the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

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