Practically, just as, no less than; indicates an action tantamount to, but not identical to, the action described.
She as much as admitted to lying.
So much as, even.
For as soon as he as much as took out his pince-nez to read the newspaper, the privy councilor's wife was his advance trumpeter, who sounded the fanfare and said, "Now Papa puts on his eyes."
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, much.
Take as much as you like.
Used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree
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He likes caramel as much as he likes fudge.
Used to say that an amount is as large as another amount
He earns nearly as much as she does.