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two of a kind

Very similar individuals or things, as in Patrice and John are two of a kind—they're true hiking enthusiasts. This idiom uses kind in the sense of “a class with common characteristics,” a usage dating from about a.d. 1000.

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RELATED WORDS

combination, duo, couple, two, team, match, comparison, closeness, coincidence, affinity, parallel, kinship, resemblance, relationship, connection, harmony, analogy, correlation, sameness, twosome

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The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.