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Idioms and Phrases

Almost, nearly, approximately, as in Our homework was pretty much finished . This adverbial usage differs from the use of pretty for “considerable” (as in pretty penny ). [c. 1800]
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Speaking to Labour MPs from different wings of the party over the course of the day, it's been surprising how many have pretty much stuck to that same theme.

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Recent polling suggests the three parties are pretty much neck and neck.

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The "chatty nature" of their relationship "pretty much stopped" after this, Mr Patterson said - with communication now only about the "practical management" of their family life.

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At some point, it looked like the deal was pretty much done - but then came the Covid-19 pandemic and suddenly it fell through.

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The thing to remember about the Kentucky Derby, and pretty much every race, is the best horse doesn’t always win.

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