Idiom Breakdown

by the same token

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Definition

For a similar reason; in a similar manner; by virtue of the selfsame phenomenon, through its various aspects.

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Origins

From token (“evidence, proof”) (obsolete sense).

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In Context

"The petroleum and gas of eastern Ohio, and by the same token, of western Pennsylvania and New York are unquestionably derived from the great shale formation of Devonian and subcarboniforous age that underlies this territory, and they are stored in sandstones overlying or interstratified with these shales.""

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Also Said As

similarly
likewise
along the lines
in the same vein

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See Also

by that token
flip side
other side of the coin