"one and the same" meaning in English

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Determiner

Audio: En-au-one and the same.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} one and the same, {{en-det}} one and the same
  1. (idiomatic) The selfsame person or thing. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-one_and_the_same-en-det-Sx4VBZ1n Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 47 53 Disambiguation of English determiners: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

Noun

Audio: En-au-one and the same.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} one and the same
  1. (idiomatic) The selfsame person or thing. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-one_and_the_same-en-noun-Sx4VBZ1n Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 47 53 Disambiguation of English determiners: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

Alternative forms

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