look like
Idioms & Phrases
look like
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Have the appearance of, as in This letter looks like an acceptance. [c. 1400]
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it looks like. It seems likely that, as in It looks like they'll invite us to dinner. [Colloquial; c. 1900] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with look like.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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WordNet
| look like | |
verb | |
| bear a physical resemblance to; "She looks like her mother" |
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Look like
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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