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one and the same

oneandt·he·same

fairly common

adjective

1.

being the exact same one; not any other:

  • “this is the identical room we stayed in before”
  • “the themes of his stories are one and the same”
  • “saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers”
  • “on this very spot”
  • “the very thing he said yesterday”
  • “the very man I want to see”

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