as you do
50
7.4
- idiom
- UK
:
igual que tú
- I enjoy hiking in the mountains, just as you do.
- same as you do
- just as you do
- exactly as you do
And so I looked at it and then I looked at the name and I went to, you know, as you do, I went to Facebook, right?
- And so I looked at it and then I looked at the name and I went to, you know, as you do, I went to Facebook, right?
- So I think I just like named, you know, a random thing as you do and it turned into basically my brand.
- Like we went to we went to the Bafta's last year and I was sat behind Brad Pitt as you do, right.
- Yeah, share like, subscribe as you do and I will see you next time.
- We got drunk and went paintballing and and I as you do, yeah, where most of my ideas come from.
- And you know when as like you guys, when you guys hear something, you guys show up as you do now and ask questions or record and see what happens.
Examples
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I'm afraid I don't have as much faith as you do in human nature.
Blog text (9) -
Nowadays, there are not many people who think as you do.
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Most of us drive on the same side of the road as you do.
Academic text (1999) -
You know as much about revenue as you do about the game itself.
Blog text (1) -
We desire peace, just as you do.
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I hope he pays as much attention to you as you do to him.
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Listen, I love Rodriguez as much as you do, OK?
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People don't take these matters as seriously as you do.
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If you applied yourself half as much to class as you do to scamming the school, you could accomplish anything.
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El Moro doesn't worry me half as much as you do.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'as' (in the same way) + 'you do' (you perform that action), so its meaning 'like you/you also do' is directly inferable from the constituents. This comparative construction is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the words should readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase as you do comes from friendly everyday talk where a speaker notes a common habit, literally saying 'you do' that thing in that situation. So, it is used 'to agree' with or lightly point out that someone has that habit.