of a piece

(all) of a piece

Consistent with or similar to something else. Her views on the economy are all of a piece with her voting record. Is the suspect's statement of a piece with the information witnesses have given us? A four-game suspension is of a piece with our normal policies, sir.

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of a piece

Also, all of a piece. Of the same kind, as in This legislation is of a piece with the previous bill, or Her rude behavior was all of a piece. The piece in this idiom alludes to a single mass of material. [Early 1600s]

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(all) of a ˈpiece (with something)

(formal) possessing the same character or qualities; consistent (with something): When you see a lot of his paintings together, you feel that his work is all of a piece. ♢ This latest programme is all of a piece with current popular science programmes on TV.

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of a piece

Belonging to the same class or kind.

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