like to

Idioms  

1. Also, liked to. Come close to, be on the point of. For example, We like to froze to death, or He liked to have never got away. This expression, now considered a colloquialism from the American South, dates from the early 1400s and was used several times by Shakespeare.

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Example Sentences

“For the moment, I would like to talk about industrial strategy,” Gussalli Beretta said, adding that the two sides are in discussions.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I would like to go single-day sprint,” he told O’Connell.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is America, a country that has mostly righted its wrongs the right way for a century and a half, so I’d like to think the answer is yes: You don’t have to be offensive to be effective; you don’t have to be abusive to disabuse.

From The Wall Street Journal

A: "I do not use that word. I think my story has become a symbol. I know where I come from and who I am. It seems to me that we do not suspect the strength we have inside us until we are forced to draw on it, and that is also what I would like to say to victims."

From Barron's

"I would like to experience the East versus West -- I want to be able to experience what all the greats played in," he said.

From Barron's