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touch

verb [T] (BE AS GOOD)
 
 
/tʌtʃ/

Definition

(usually used in negative sentences) to have or reach the same standard (= level of quality) as someone or something: Her novels can't touch (= are not as good as) those of her sister. There's no one to touch him as an illustrator of children's books.Worse and worst
(Definition of touch verb (BE AS GOOD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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