measure for measure

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To challenge that French postcolonial imperium built by cunning, corruption and covert skullduggery, Moscow needed an operative who could match Jacques Foccart’s legendary mastery of the dirty business of empire, measure for measure.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

Everything in “Isabella” unfolds in parallel — measure for measure, if you will.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021

Dudamel obviously did not have the luxury of a polishing for a recording and, expansive as he was, he hardly aped Karajan’s tempos measure for measure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2016

Her focus is on facades and self-delusion as much as deception; the measure for measure is the feeling that the characters are all as bad as each other.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2010

Often it is repeated, identically, beat for beat, measure for measure, note for note.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan