as far as it goes

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as far as it goes

as much as something does, covers, or accomplishes. (Usually said of something that is inadequate.) Your plan is fine as far as it goes. It doesn't seem to take care of everything, though. As far as it goes, this law is a good one. It should set stiffer penalties, however.

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Your head's all right, as far as it goes, but you don't know business; that's where the trouble is. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context "Oh, well, that's all interpreted well enough as far as it goes, Jim," I says; "but what does THESE things stand for? Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context I'm at low-water-mark myself--only one bob and a magpie; but, as far as it goes, I'll fork out and stump. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context			article artist arty-farty as a duck takes to water as a last resort as a matter of course as a matter of fact as a result as a rule as a token as a whole as American as apple pie as an aside as as they come as bad as all that as best can as bold as brass as common as muck as drunk as a lord as far as as far as anyone knows as far as are concerned as far as goes as far as I can see as far as is concerned as far as it goes as far as possible as follows as for as free as a bird as good as as good as word as hell as I expected As I live and breathe! as I see it as I was saying as if as if own the place as it comes as it stands as large as life as likely as not as long as as luck would have it as much as as much as anything as old as the hills as one man as opposed to as pissed as a fart			as far as anyone knows as far as are concerned as far as can tell as far as can tell as far as can tell as far as could tell as far as could tell as far as could tell as far as goes As Far As I As Far As I Am Aware As Far As I Am Concerned As Far As I Can Recall As Far As I Can Remember as far as I can see as far as I can see As Far As I Can Tell As Far As I Have Noticed As Far As I Know As Far As I Recall As Far As I Remember As Far As I See As Far As I Understand As Far As I Understand It As Far As I'm Concerned as far as is concerned as far as is concerned as far as is concerned as far as is concerned As Far As Is Known as far as it goes as far as possible as far as possible as far as possible As Far As We Can See As Far As We Can Tell As Far As We Know As Far as Wikipedia Knows As Far As You And Me Are Concerned As Far As You Can Tell As Far As You Know As Far As You're Concerned As far forth as As Far Forward As Possible As Fast As Humanly Possible As Fast As I Can As Fast As Light As Fast As Possible As Fast As You Can As Fate Runs Through as fed as fed As ferforth as as fit as a fiddle as fit as a fiddle as fit as a flea as fit as a flea as fit as a flea as flat as a pancake as flat as a pancake as follows

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