like that
Idioms-
In that way or manner, having those characteristics, as in I told him not to talk to her like that , or I wish I could, like Dick, tell you what I really think, but I'm not like that . [Late 1800s]
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See just like that .
Example Sentences
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And everybody else, including the people who agreed with them on the merits, was kind of horrified because judges just can’t act like that.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
She wanted the environment at Harlem Village Academies to feel like that of Sidwell Friends in Washington, D.C., or the public schools in Scarsdale, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Do we even get films like that now?
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
An attack like that "marks you for life, marks you in the sense of commitment," Rodriguez told AFP.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
“Boy,” Daisy said, “if you and Rowdy keep drinking water like that, we’ll be lucky if we have any left around here.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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