to match

idiom

: having the same quality or appearance as something
He's a large man with hands to match.

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The North Shore Club exceeds the typical developer’s ambitions by pricing residences out of the range of most potential buyers, and promising to deliver luxury amenities to match the price. Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Trump’s insults, which Gov. JB Pritzker likes then to match in kind, inadvisably in our view, insult the citizens of America’s third largest city and affect its appeal to new businesses, new residents, international visitors and thus its overall economic development. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 In this case, her choice in lipstick is pretty simple and straightforward: Swift is wearing an orange lipstick with a velvety matte finish to match her upcoming album. Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2025 If the sites surrounding homes have chimneys the developer will be conditioned to provide them to match the surroundings. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for to match

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“To match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20match. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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