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of a piece

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(all) of a piece

(slightly formal)

sharing the same basic characteristics or ideas Willner edited the music to make the different parts seem all of a piece.

Usage notes: often followed by with: His attitude toward imagination was very much of a piece with his attitude toward existence.

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of a piece

Also, all of a piece. Of the same kind, as in This legislation is of a piece with the previous bill, or Her rude behavior was all of a piece. The piece in this idiom alludes to a single mass of material. [Early 1600s]

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of a piece

Belonging to the same class or kind.

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