like that
Idioms-
In that way or manner, having those characteristics, as in I told him not to talk to her like that , or I wish I could, like Dick, tell you what I really think, but I'm not like that . [Late 1800s]
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See just like that .
Example Sentences
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"If that's people's mindset where they can say on the street to someone, to a child, words like that then I'm not prepared for my family to be subject to that," she added.
From BBC
And, just like that, it was as if the 1983 sci-fi movie “WarGames” was feeling real.
And just like that, a snowball fight became a loyalty test.
From Slate
It was jarring, to say the least, and I wasn’t exactly sure what to take from an observation like that aside from offense.
From MarketWatch
Numbers like that were usually only seen in peak season such as during the August summer holidays, Yorke said.
From Barron's
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