like to

Idioms

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.

Example Sentences

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She would like to take in a bit more California sunshine before returning home to wintry Brooklyn.

From Los Angeles Times

His contract covers two more seasons, although he said he would like to play four more with the Dodgers and then call it a career.

From Los Angeles Times

"I describe myself as having a tenacious attitude. I like to defend and not let anyone past me but also I like to get forward, create opportunities and get the ball into the box. Hopefully I can do that here."

From BBC

"I like to get out of the house so I can get money and buy my own stuff," she says.

From BBC

I like to think that Mamdani will succeed because as New York’s first Muslim mayor, he’s intimately familiar with fielding the insinuations that lead to the inflation of suggested violence like at the snowball fight.

From Slate

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