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.
Related vocabulary: up to scratch
See also: on, par

on a par with

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.
See also: on, par

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ZackeryZAK-ə-reeEnglish
Modestamo-DHE-stah (Spanish)Spanish, Late Roman
Yoriyo-ṙeeJapanese
Asplin['æsplin]
Doroteado-ro-TE-ah (Italian, Spanish), DO-ro-te-ah (Finnish)Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Croatian
Svetopolk-Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)