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Meaning: (with a noun)Tobesimilarto (something).Theyare liketheir parents in this respect.1921,Ben Travers, chapter 1, inA Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company, published1925,→OCLC:Shewas likea BeardsleySalome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.Tobetypicalorcharacteristicof (someone or something).1903October 10,E. P. B., “The Children’s Column. The Sermon on the Mount. II.—The Beatitudes. Matthew v. 3–10.”, inThe Inquirer: A Weekly Journal of Liberal Religious Thought and Life, volume LXII, number3198 (302 of new series), London,page671, column 2:In these great sayings Jesus shows what peopleare likewhen God is King in their hearts, and in their lives.; (with a clause)(informal,idiomatic,chieflyUS,MLEandInternetslang)Tosay.Synonyms:be all,be all likeIf he’s like“I don’t want to”, thenbe like“Pretty please! – It means a lot to me”.1995,Amy Heckerling,Clueless, spoken by Dionne (Stacey Dash):This weekend he called me up and he’s all “Where were you today?” and I’m like“I’m at my Grandmother’s house”[…]2012, Mike Lacher,On the Bro’d: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, page71:A lotta times I grabbed bags of frozen chicken nuggets to take home. “You know what they say,” Ricky wouldbe like. “Dude’s gotta have nugs.”To beas though.2009, Heaven Crawley, quoting Hassan, “Between a rock and a hard place: negotiating age and identity in the UK asylum system”, in Nigel Thomas, editor,Children, Politics and Communication: Participation at the Margins, Bristol:The Policy Press,→ISBN,page98:When they were deciding my age in that place itwas likethey are going to buy you.2011, Judith G. Yates Shearer, “This County Named Christian”, inAll Bones Be White, Lanham, Md.:Hamilton Books,→ISBN,page52:Cassy, don’tbe likeyou don’t understand.2016,Petina Gappah, “The News of Her Death”, inRotten Row, London:Faber & Faber,→ISBN, section “Capital”,page44:Imi, itwas likeshe was going to a wedding, she even had makeup on, and a black hat.2017, D. E. Lee, “Jimmy Nails”, inThe Sky After Rain, Omaha, Neb.: Brighthorse Books,→ISBN,page226:“People bet on you. Whether you win or lose. How many rounds. Anything. You’re good for the economy. Don’tbe likeyou don’t know.” /[…]Yeah, he knew. Maybe he didn’t care.
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