something like

Idioms  

1. Similar to, resembling, as in They want a flower garden something like the ones they saw in England. [Mid-1600s]

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Example Sentences

Felix's prediction: These two sides are going to level out and end up quite close to each other in the table by the end of the season, in eighth or ninth or something like that.

From BBC

Would you let your kids do something like that?

From The Wall Street Journal

“This is the first time I’ve seen something like this of this scale,” said Orabi.

From The Wall Street Journal

This, at least, looked something like a Thomas Frank team, despite the painful end result.

From BBC

“That’s easy. ... I played it in Spain, something like this, so I like it. Just the courts, please.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• basically
• essentially
• nearly
• practically