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 • May 12, 2023

Which is why it will always irk a novelist to be told that his characters are not nice or easy to identify with, when as like as not they are not meant to be.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2010

Now, replace the knocked-out gene with the human version — and like as not, you will have restored the yeast to its former frothy self.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2010

Then, like as not, he'll say, 'Now don't you worry, Mrs. Shuttle, I'll take it for you,' and he marches through the shop into the kitchen with the goods.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland