like that
prep_phrase› Used adverbially or adjectivally to indicate…
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Adverbial In such, the same, a similar way, in that particular manner
- We don't talk like that around here.
- I can't believe anyone past the age of six would behave like that in public.
1 more example
- It happened just like that.
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Adjectival Of the same, a similar, that particular kind.
- We don't say stuff like that around here.
- I've never seen anything like that in my life. Folks like that I just can’t stand.
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Singapore, Singlish Used at the end of a sentence to emphasize a resemblance to something, reinforcing a previous instance of the preposition like (or a similar term).
- Macham [like] monster like that. My eyes lagi [even more] worse.2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 3, Island Talk 1:
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Adverbial suddenly; unexpectedly.
- Near-synonym: out of nowhere
- He was playing in the yard and, then, like that, he was gone.
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Used to indicate agreement with another speaker's statement.
- "And then the truck turned, the box fell out the back, and the truck just kept going." / "Yeah, like that."