all the same

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all the same (not comparable)

  1. Making no significant difference.
    Near-synonym: all one
    It's all the same to me if you want to leave early.
    Certainly, many women have found me interesting. All the same, the women closest to me are invariably deeply dissatisfied.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all,‎ same.
    His speeches are all the same.

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all the same (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
    Synonyms: even so, just the same, still, withal; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
    He knew it was risky. He did it all the same.
    It's sleeting. All the same, I'll take the dog out.
    • 1989 February 5, Colin Robinson, “You Dared Us To Dream That We Are Worth Wanting Each Other”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 10:
      So GCN calls and I'm thinking — what can I say in the pages of an anti-racist, but all the same White newspaper? What will I choose not to say?
    • 1996, “Cosmic Girl”, in Travelling Without Moving, performed by Jamiroquai:
      It's a distant solar system / I tried to phone but they don't list 'em / So I asked her for a number all the same

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