rate with (someone or something)
rate with (someone or something)
1. To be considered equal or comparable to someone or something else in value, ability, significance, importance, etc. Even after so many years, the company still rates with the most profitable businesses in the world. I really think she rates with the likes of Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin—her voice is just that good.
2. To consider someone or something to be equal or comparable to someone or something else in value, ability, significance, importance, etc. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "rate" and "with." Many people rate the exquisite building with the greatest pieces of architecture in the world. I still rate Tom with the best writers out there today, even if his last book was a little underwhelming.
See also: rate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
rate (someone or something) with (someone or something else)
to judge someone or something to be equal to someone or something else. I rate Fred with Don. They are equally good. Vanilla is very nice, but I don't rate it with chocolate ice cream.
See also: rate
rate with someone
to be in someone's favor; to be thought of highly by someone. Ann is great. She really rates with me. She doesn't rate with me at all.
See also: rate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- rank with
- rank with (someone or something)
- rate with
- rival
- rival (someone or something) in (something)
- rival in
- the likes of
- the likes of (someone or something)
- the likes of somebody
- likes of, the