What is the meaning of OUT LIKE-A-LIGHT. Phrases containing OUT LIKE-A-LIGHT
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I do believe the term 'like' was used in the 70s by Americans and has been used ever since. Recently the British have adopted the phrase especially since the popularity of cult sitcom 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S'. The phrase is used in various ways usually by teeneagers and 20 somethings who automatically, subcociuously add a toutch of 'trendiness' to thier sentances. For instance: "Like, let's get outa here!" "Like, no way!" "This is like way cool guys"
Nut out is slang for to go crazy, to lose control of oneself, to run amok.
Vrb phrs. There a numerous pejorative expressions beginning with 'have a face like.., see 'face like a...'
face like a bulldog chewing a wasp
Phrs. Very unattractive. Also less commonly heard, face like a bulldog chewing a thistle. E.g."I don't think I'll ask her out, she's not my type and she's got a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp."
Like a gentleman.
To get out of a place, to leave. [He had to cut out.].
Beginning every sentence with "like". "Like we went to the mall and like I saw him looking at me."
Leave, go. Are you ready to cut a path out of here?
Phrs. In a hurried or agitated state. E.g."I raced around the shops like a bastard, looking for a birthday present."
Out like a light is slang for fall into a deep sleep quickly.
To do something really cool or well. "Zach can sing like a boss."Â
(1) When referring to someone of the opposite sex, to have a crush on. "Joe likes Susan" is a statement about Joe's special feelings towards Susan. (2) A flavoring particle. "She is like, so cool" (3) To be like is to think something "I was like, ohmigod what a bitch" means "I thought she was such a bitch.".
to put out, i.e., to dout the lamp or fire
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a. & adv.
Like; alike.
a.
Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.
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In a like or similar manner.
v. t.
To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.
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Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
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To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
v. t.
To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
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To liken; to compare.
v. t.
To put out.
n.
The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.
v. i.
To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a.
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Swelled out like a balloon.
v. t.
To come out with; to make known.
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One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.
v. t.
To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
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Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
v. i.
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
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In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.
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In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him.
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Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
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