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not to be sneezed at

informal

Definition

If you say that something, especially an amount of money, is not to be sneezed at, you mean that it is a large enough amount to be worth having: Well, a five percent pay increase means an extra £700 a year, which is not to be sneezed at!Large amounts of moneySmall amounts of money
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