make like

make like
a) To behave as though.

Make like were getting married and repeat after me, "2004 is the year I will moisturise daily".

b) To behave in the manner of.

In his office is an eight-foot bull whip; Ed likes to snap it around and make like a slave-driver.


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  • make like — ● make * * * make like mainly american spoken phrase to pretend to be something you are not She makes like she’s the boss round here. Thesaurus: to pretend to do or feel somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • make like … — make like… idiom (NAmE, informal) to pretend to be, know or have sth in order to impress people • He makes like he s the greatest actor of all time. Main entry: ↑makeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • make like — idi+inf inf to pretend to be or to be like: to make like a clown[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • make like N. Amer. — make like N. Amer. informal pretend to be. → make …   English new terms dictionary

  • Make Like Paper — Infobox Single Name = Make Like Paper Artist = Red House Painters from Album = Songs for a Blue Guitar B side = Released = February 1997 Format = CD Recorded = 1995 Genre = Folk rock Length = 5:26 (edit) 12:03 (album version) Label = Supreme… …   Wikipedia

  • make like someone or something — in. to ct like someone or something. □ Why don’t you make like a bunny and run away? Beat it! □ Would you please make like a butler and hold the door open for me? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • make like a tree and leave — verb to leave, depart Syn: make like a baby and head out, make like a banana and split …   Wiktionary

  • make like a banana and split — verb to leave, depart Syn: make like a baby and head out, make like a tree and leave …   Wiktionary

  • make like a tree and leave — in. to leave; to depart. (A pun on the leaf of a tree.) □ I have to leave now. It’s time to make like a tree and leave. □ Hey, Jane. Don’t you have an appointment somewhere? Why don’t you make like a tree and leave? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • make like — mainly American spoken to pretend to be something you are not She makes like she s the boss round here …   English dictionary

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