like as not

Example Sentences

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Every one of these 15 stories is narrated by a man in his 40s, like as not striving for patience with a clinically depressed wife or girlfriend.

From New York Times

“Like as not,” Riggs says, the remaining works were “crushed in a landfill.”

From Washington Post

So just about the time I got ready to start I’d have to drop everything and run to sell some redneck a dime’s worth of nails or something, and Earl up there gobbling a sandwich and half way back already, like as not, and then I found that all the blanks were gone.

From Literature

And like as not, when they sent the bank statement out, she would want to know why I never deposited my salary until the sixth.

From Literature

Auntie Aggie used to say I was like as not to poke Satan with a stick just for fun.

From Literature