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- on a par with
on a par with
on a par with somebody/something
also on par with somebody/something at the same level as someone or something With their win today, the Rangers are now on a par with the Orioles in the team rankings.
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As good as, equal to, as in This violinist may be an amateur but he's on a par with professional orchestral players. The noun par has meant "that which is equal" since the mid-1600s; the idiom here was first recorded in 1832.