SOMUCHAS

so much as

Adverb

  1. Even; suggests a minimum, especially regarding what might be expected.
    Without so much as asking, he walked into the office and started digging through their files.
  2. but rather
    I'm not staring at her tits so much as I am admiring her brooch.


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