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

There’s a 2021 InStyle cover story of Jennifer Aniston that I think about more often than I’d like to.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Many working in the industry would like to see full-throttled support coming from the mayor’s office that will get results.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

"But at the same time, he said they buy a lot of their oil there, and they'd like to keep doing that," Trump added.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

“My agent will know the places I like, it will have insight into my finances, my budget, my risk tolerances, all my preferences from the kind of room I like to my pillow type.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

I don’t like to think about how crowds would startle me and quiet would startle me, and being left alone would startle me, because I was never really alone, I was always with my thoughts.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse