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Idioms and Phrases

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

Trix was most butterfly-like to-night; there was no hardness in her laugh, not a hint of grimness in her smile.

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Never mind Tom; tell us the road, the way, the what-you-like-to-call-it, to Church-town.

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April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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like that like water off a duck's back

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